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Bolivia’s Morales backs off mining plans

President Evo Morales backed off his plan to nationalize Bolivia’s mining industry, saying Tuesday that his government can’t afford it for now but he still wants to eventually recover control of the nation’s mineral wealth. Mining is the country’s second-largest source of export income for South America’s poorest country, after natural gas, which Morales nationalized May 1. Full Story