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	<title><![CDATA[The United States and Bolivia: A New Beginning?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-weisbrot/the-united-states-and-bol_b_170006.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>With the Obama administration's policy towards Venezuela <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123534981856744765.html">pretty much decided</a>, and the embargo on Cuba considered untouchable because no one is willing to risk losing support among Cuban Americans in the swing state of Florida, that leaves Bolivia as a left government in the region where the hostility of the Bush administration could be quickly reversed.</p>

<p>However there are a number of outstanding issues between the two countries. The United States and Bolivia currently do not have ambassadors. Bolivia expelled...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-02-25T18:17:00-05:00</date_published>
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