García Linera Attributes 15 Years of Bonanza to the Nationalization of Gas, Oil and Basic Services

The former vice president said that the MAS economic model generated surpluses thanks to state control of strategic sectors and questioned stability as a symptom of conservatism. Former vice president Álvaro García Linera said that Bolivia’s economic boom during the MAS governments was made possible by the nationalization of strategic sectors such as gas, oil, telecommunications, electricity and water. “We fought with foreign companies and that …