He remains the most popular politician: outside Santa Cruz, 67% of urban Bolivians support him.
Last July Bolivians approved a referendum to give the state a stronger role in the industry.
One way or another, Bolivians may have a lot of voting to do in 2008.
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Many Bolivians came to accept coca eradication in the Chapare as a necessary attack on organised crime.
But Handel wanted to make the orchestra relevant to Bolivians who had never attended a classical concert.
One of the most contentious issues for Bolivians is control over natural gas.
But Bolivians, who gave him only 22.5% of the vote in last June's election, will be hard to convince.
Mr Mesa, who has hitherto sworn not to use force against the blockaders, is hoping that Bolivians will reject their tactics.
Mr Rivera has set up an organisation with other Bolivians who suffered the same ordeal to help trafficking victims to seek justice.
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Because Bolivians have earned little from their mineral wealth, it is easy to whip up opposition to foreign oil and gas companies.
On the scheduled date, Bolivians returned once again to the ballot boxes.
He succeeded where others have failed mainly because his strategy was embraced by the majority of Bolivians despite their many other social problems.
He risks squandering much of that by seeking confrontation rather than the political consensus he needs to improve the lot of poorer Bolivians.
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In a supplementary question Bolivians will also be asked to choose to limit landholdings either to 5, 000 hectares (12, 400 acres) or to 10, 000 hectares.
Mr Morales still enjoys strong support among poor and indigenous Bolivians.
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Morales says the reforms will give poor Bolivians a voice in running the country but his opponents argue they give the President too much power.
Immigration officials at the three principal border crossings have now been told to scrutinise the documentation of all Bolivians seeking to stay, however temporarily, in Argentina.
It is true, too, that through Mr Morales's party and another left-wing movement, indigenous Bolivians have for the first time been elected to Congress in significant numbers.
But that arouses passionate opposition among the many Bolivians who have not yet learned to live with their defeat by Chile in a war 120 years ago.
Mendoza's popular Chalo Barbershop is a gathering spot for Bolivians.
But it has still to convince Bolivians that coca growing and coca-leaf consumption are not just part of their way of life but a crucial element in international crime.
Many hope that the election produces a government with a clear mandate, breaking the deadlock between the political establishment and various radical movements who claim to speak for indigenous Bolivians.
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The cut off point they appear to want to impose is 1, 500 metres - which, in this year's competition would exclude some teams from Ecuador, Peru and Mexico, as well as the Bolivians.
Mr Morales said the deal would "open the door for Bolivians to have an international port, to use the ocean for global trade and for Bolivian products to have better access to global markets".
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The conflict is usually described as pitting indigenous Bolivians in the uplands against descendants of Spain in the lowlands, or poor versus rich, but in fact Santa Cruz is ethnically mixed and average incomes in the two cities are comparable.
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