Here are some of the key provisions of an autonomy proposal being voted on Sunday by the residents of Bolivia’s Santa Cruz state.

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_ Creates a state legislature and state police force.

_ Wrests control of the state’s considerable natural gas reserves from the national government.

_ Grants control over land distribution, effectively halting President Evo Morales’ plans for sweeping reform.

_ Allows the state governor to sign international treaties.

_ Declares Santa Cruz’s population as “mostly mestizo,” or mixed blood, and requires schools to teach that Santa Cruz is a “melting pot of Bolivians.”