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Three Bolivian provinces declared disaster areas
LA Paz, Feb. 28.—Bolivian
President Evo Morales has declared disaster areas
the provinces of Cercado, Marbán and Moxos in the
northeastern department of Beni, virtually totally
flooded out for the last two weeks.
According to PL, the government
has emitted a decree reprogramming over 20 years
with six years’ grace the debt of small agricultural
producers affected by natural disasters associated
with the meteorological phenomenon El Niño.
This decision was made in a
cabinet meeting to assess the magnitude of the
damage to the national economy of the torrential
rain and flooding, estimated at $230 million.
Translated by Granma
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