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Bolivian president gives out tractors, land

REFORM Evo Morales distributed at least 50 tractors and 15 plots of land while promoting a proposal that would allow the state to seize idle land

AP , UCURENA, BOLIVIA

In June, a series of clashes between landowners and organized squatters' groups left one man dead and at least 11 wounded.

While the violence has subsided, tensions remain. The country's largest farmers' organization has vowed to form "self-defense" groups to prevent seizures of their land.

Meanwhile, INRA director Fernando Salazar this week announced that his agency's phones had been tapped.

All of the land given out by Morales this year has belonged to the state.

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