ocr: Bolivia is a multiparty democracy. Main Political Issues Privatization Sanchez de Lozada's government is continuing the privatization and free- market economic policies ofits predecessors, including the sale of150 state-owned companies, and the privatization ofthe mining industry through joint ventures. Cocaine Cocaine barons are highly influential in Bolivia, the world's second largest exporter (after Colombia) of refined cocaine. The govemment is trying to trim the drug barons' power by encouraging new cash crops to replace coca, but with limited success. Cocaine has become a significant, th ...
