“Mugabe”
…ring a bell? Why foreign real estate is always an ‘iffy’ thing. One socialist president and there goes the farm.
American Rancher Resists Land Reform Plans in Bolivia
From the time Ronald Larsen drove his pickup truck here from his native Montana in 1969 and bought a sprawling cattle ranch for a song, he lived a quiet life in remote southeastern Bolivia, farming corn, herding cattle and amassing vast land holdings.
… After armed standoffs with land-reform officials at his ranch this year, Mr. Larsen made it clear which side he was on, emerging as a figure celebrated in rebellious Santa Cruz Province and loathed by Mr. Morales’s government, which wants to reduce ties to the United States.
“I just spent 40 years in this country working my land in an honest fashion,” said Mr. Larsen, who resembled Clint Eastwood with his weathered features and lanky frame. “They’re taking it away over my dead body.”
Could be.
Morality | tree hugging sister | 
May 8, 2008 10:40 pm
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And Morales has not been tarred and feathered because…?