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End of January Update
Things are progressing nicely and I am very excited about the future. I've had my head buried in words for the last few weeks, so I've not much to update except we are moving fast and steady. We've also added some new areas to our forums specifically tailored to gameplay (such as a Players, a GM, Q&A, and other sections).
And now for your snippet:
2010
As many countries are still reeling from the devastating heat of 2009, South American countries are experiencing an economic boom due to agricultural exports. Due to the mild summer and good harvests in the southern hemisphere many countries experience rich harvests. This produces an abundance of food, enough to provide for their people cutting their imports and increasing their exports, creating economic benefits as well.
The exception to the rule was Bolivia. Since the culture clashes between the campesino (farmers) and urban Bolivians began (in early 2007), the government has been unable to take advantage of the explosion in worldwide demand. Watching their neighbors get richer and richer while they dipped deeper and deeper into poverty the campesino double their efforts against the government.
The campesino attempt to paralyze cities by blockading highways, bridges, and main roads (a tactic they have tried before to try and bring the government down). This time the government mobilizes the military against in hopes of squashing the conflict once and for all. The military easily quails the uprising through the use of force. Several hundred people are killed during the summer from military actions against the blockades.
This causes an unforeseen backlash of support among the rural populace, with more and more of them pouring in from the countryside. After trying several non-violent means to change, the campesino change their own tactics and begin an armed revolt against the government. By September fears of an all out Bolivian civil war spread throughout the region. Many countries begin to wonder what effect this will have on the blooming trade situation and being to move troops to their borders to keep the conflict from spilling over.
To respond to the growing crisis, Brazil hosts a South American Summit (only the fourth of its kind) at the end of September. The sole topic of this summit was the crisis in Bolivia. In attendance are all South American countries but Bolivia. After three days of intense meetings and deliberations the summit is adjourned without any real solution to the conflict. By the end of the year, Bolivia will be embroiled in a full scale civil war split along class lines.
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