Bolivia's new finance minister, Javier Cuevas, faces a tough task. He has to steer the poor, landlocked country's economy amid an intense period of political uncertainty. Last October a wave of protests, sparked by the government's proposal to export natural gas reserves, forced the resignation of the president, Gon-zalo Sanchez de Lozada. Mr Guevas is now working with Bolivia's new president, Carlos Mesa, who will run the transition government until general elections in 2007. "The government's main goals are to maintain economic sustainability, social peace and increase the ability for more sectors of society to participate in the political process," Mr Guevas told The Banker.
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机译:玻利维亚新任财政部长哈维尔·库瓦斯(Javier Cuevas)面临艰巨的任务。在激烈的政治动荡时期,他必须控制这个贫穷的内陆国家的经济。去年十月,由于政府提议出口天然气储备而引发了一波抗议,迫使总统贡萨洛·桑切斯·德·洛萨达(Gon-zalo Sanchez de Lozada)辞职。 Guevas先生现在正在与玻利维亚新任总统Carlos Mesa合作,他将执政过渡政府直至2007年大选。“政府的主要目标是维持经济可持续性,社会和平并提高社会更多阶层参与的能力。政治进程。”格瓦斯先生告诉《银行家》。
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