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Bolivian Worker Describes IMF Aid and Hard Times
A Bolivian city worker Pedro recalls IMF officials arriving with pride and leaving without programs to curb price shocks. He explains his family's struggle as wages fall from 30 to 4.6 units, prices soar, and living conditions remain dire in La Paz area shacks.
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