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Facing dollar shortage, Bolivia sells gold to subsidize fuel / 36X84E7
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Bolivia has decided to sell its gold abroad to generate cash and sustain fuel imports, which are sold at subsidized prices domestically, amid a deepening economic crisis, says Minister of Economy and Finance Marcelo Montenegro.
"This has probably not allowed us, at least for now, to increase the reserve stock [...] but it has allowed us to buy gasoline and diesel," says Montenegro in an interview with the foreign press in La Paz. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES