Liife, Poverty and "Democracy" --Bolivia

LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (years) by GDP/cap (1980 USD), 1960-2008.
Source: IBRD, World Development Indicators

Bolivia (dark red),
in comparison to the US (blue),
Hungary (orange 
),
and the world mean (black).
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Study questions (feel free to use Latin American history, the internet and your mind):
What could possibly be the main problems in this country?
Why did the masses elect a left-leaning man of indigenous peasant background in the first place?
Why did he stay in power for 14 years?
Why has he been removed now?
What is the game of the neoliberal elites, the army and police brass?

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