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Leftist President Evo Morales said he would launch a state-run daily newspaper this month to counterbalance the “anti-government” local media.
Morales has nationalized energy, mining and telecommunications firms since taking office in 2006. He is also starting an airline and plans to launch state paper, cement and sugar companies in an effort to tighten the government’s control over the economy.
“The state’s going to have its own newspaper and . . . we should launch it on Jan. 22,” Morales was quoted as saying by official news agency ABI.
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