Mr Millares accuses Bolivia's businessmen and its prosperous elite of being heavily involved in contraband.

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"The government has opened the door to the US market, " said Lourdes Millares, a local MP from Bolivia's legal capital Sucre.

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Headed by the finance minister, Edgar Millares, it is under orders to design a new customs strategy, to be on the president's desk no later than the end of May.

ECONOMIST: Old Bolivian customs