Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates speaks to the media, in front of a chicken coop set up on the 68th floor of the 4 World Trade Center tower, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 8, 2016, while announcing that he is donating 100,000 chicks to developing countries with the goal of ending extreme poverty. REUTERS/Mike Segar
LA PAZ: The Bolivian government rejected a donation of hens offered by US billionaire Bill Gates, as officials said the tech magnate needs to study up on the Andean nation's thriving poultry sector.
"How can he think we are living 500 years ago, in the middle of the jungle not knowing how to produce?" Bolivian Development Minister Cesar Cocarico told journalists. "Respectfully, he should stop talking about Bolivia."
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