Paz Isolates Rivals | Paz aísla a sus rivales

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Rodrigo Paz Reaches Deals with El Alto’s COR and Teachers, Isolating Mario Argollo and Evo Morales

The agreements with both sectors were signed this Saturday, during a day marked by clashes caused by simultaneous blockade-clearing operations in La Paz.

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[/ Social media] / President Rodrigo Paz took part in the meetings in El Alto

President Rodrigo Paz signed agreements this Saturday with El Alto’s Regional Workers’ Central (COR) and with urban and rural teachers, during a day marked by simultaneous operations to clear road blockades in La Paz and on the highway linking the department with Oruro, which led to confrontations.

With this, the Executive resolves two fronts that had been mobilized and isolates the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB), led by Mario Argollo, which continues calling for protests demanding the president’s resignation.

It also sidelines the followers of Evo Morales, who continue a march toward the seat of government.

In El Alto, Paz personally led negotiations with the city’s leaders and afterward posted on social media that “Bolivia is lacking dialogue, and it is time to speak truthfully and face to face, leaving rumors behind.”

“We met with El Alto’s COR because this valuable region deserves a better destiny and a better future; we must stop being perceived as a city of conflict that drives away investment and understand that El Alto must become a city of solutions, not problems,” he stated.

Meanwhile, in Cochabamba, the government also reached an agreement with urban and rural teachers. Education Minister Beatriz García announced that the Executive plans to submit a supreme decree within five days to formalize the agreements reached with the sector, which had been mobilized for more than a week.

“We have responded to the 16 points they raised today, and we reviewed them one by one,” the minister added, explaining that the agreement includes the annual delivery of a Bs 2,400 bonus.

With these agreements, the government leaves Mario Argollo, executive secretary of the COB, outside the negotiations. Argollo had called for protests to continue and urged people to take to the streets against the government’s measures.

The presidential spokesperson stated that Argollo “has made a political decision outside the law.”

At the same time, a march by Evo Morales supporters continues advancing toward La Paz. This Saturday, coca growers allied with the former president also took over the Chimoré airport.

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