When the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales has nationalized some very large mines in the country, he laid the foreign operators who put in all infrastructure, and invested all the money by digging up these resources . These foreign investment companies, and companies that were running operations lost everything, and they had to pay royalties and taxes to the Bolivian government under contract. Evo Morales said in a speech that these resources belong to the Bolivian people, particularly Aboriginal people of Bolivia, and the Indians native to this land. Similarly, he said that the money was generated from minerals taken from these mines belong to the Bolivian people and the money generated should be used to help them live better, not Profiteers foreign companies. This sent shock waves throughout the community of foreign investors, and Bolivia was quickly removed from the short list of foreign countries to invest in it turns out, when Bolivia has taken over the mines and drove the foreign they do not know enough about the mining industry and mining to be sufficiently effective to make a profit. In the meantime, Morales had promised the Bolivian people that by taking over the mines they could afford to pay for services to the population by the government. Now, the president of Bolivia is running for re-election and most farmers have taken over other small mines, saying they are owners. This causes a new set of shock waves, and yet nothing is done. It seems that the president of Bolivia has started something he can not finish now, and so close to the election, said not a word. According to Reuters Newswire; "ANALYSIS-Bolivia Morales turns blind eye to the seizure of the mine," Thu 15 October 2009, by Diego Ore; "Dozens of mines seized by the peasants are adding to the woes of industry Bolivia's mining dilapidated, but the leftist government is unlikely to take action against the squatters ahead of a presidential election. "It seems that the socialist tactic led the crowd in Bolivia, and it seems to be foreshadowing of things to come. Bolivia is certainly at a crossroads, and although the country was once a rising star in South America, things are pretty bad these days. Even as a rogue communist and socialist nations move to do business with the government. Please consider this.