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Judi Lynn

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1. 'I find it rude': Bolivia shuns Bill Gates' chickens

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Sun Jun 19, 2016, 04:01 AM

Jun 2016

'I find it rude': Bolivia shuns Bill Gates' chickens
AFP
Published Friday, June 17, 2016 9:13AM EDT

Bolivia's government turned up its nose Thursday at U.S. billionaire Bill Gates's initiative to donate 100,000 chickens to people living in poverty worldwide, including Bolivians.

"I find it rude, because unfortunately some people, especially in the empire (the United States), still see us as beggars. We don't depend on chickens. We've advanced," said Rural Development Minister Cesar Cocarico.

"Our people have dignity and they know how to work," he told journalists.

. . .

Bolivia's economy has grown rapidly under the left-wing government of Evo Morales, who took office as the country's first indigenous president in 2006.

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http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/i-find-it-rude-bolivia-shuns-bill-gates-chickens-1.2949905

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