By El Diario: Agreement Lifts Yungas Road Blockade COB Strike Rejected as Bolivia Demands Stability The call by the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB) for an indefinite nationwide general strike with mobilizations was rejected by strategic sectors across the country. Truckers, informal merchants, civic platforms, and the Pro Santa Cruz Committee all publicly refused to join…
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Bolivia Held Hostage by Blockades | Bolivia rehén de los bloqueos
By Diego Ayo, Brujula Digital: Why Do the COB and Other Actors Keep Blockading? The media speaks of social actors on the move—miners, peasants, teachers, COB leaders—with the same revolutionary tone heard at the beginning of the millennium. It would seem we are talking about the same actors. They are not. Those earlier marchers moved with an…
They Propose a Referendum on an “Anti-Blockade” Regulation | Plantean referendo para normativa “antibloqueos”
By El Diario: In the face of threats from leaders of the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB), the national assemblyman for La Paz, Carlos Alarcón, proposed that the “anti-blockade” law be submitted to the sovereign people through a referendum, since he sees union leadership seeking to continue kidnapping Bolivia with criminal and delinquent practices aimed at…
Need a #LawAgainstBlockades | Necesitamos una #LeyContraBloqueos
By German Huanca, Facebook: I support a #LawAgainstBlockades For all these reasons, I support a #LawAgainstBlockades. Por Germán Huanca, Facebook: Yo apoyo una #LeyContraBloqueos 1) Las carreteras constituyen bienes públicos, aunque no completamente puros. En términos de la teoría económica, se las puede clasificar como bienes públicos impuros o bienes de uso común, debido a…
Sixth Day of Blockades Paralyzes Bolivia | Sexto día de bloqueos paraliza Bolivia
By El Deber: Sixth Day of Blockades, Broken Dialogue, and Damage Hitting the Entire Country Residents of El Alto, traditionally aligned with the MAS and Evo Morales, are the most radical. Photo: APG Bolivia is going through a week of blockades against Supreme Decree 5503, with nearly 60 road closures, a breakdown in dialogue between…
Roadblocks Hold Bolivia Hostage | Bloqueos toman a Bolivia como rehén
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: In six days, blockades cause US$600 million in losses; “they are unrecoverable resources” The COB is leading road blockades in rejection of Supreme Decree 5503. The business sector is on emergency alert and the supply of food to the interior is at risk Pressure measures promoted by the Bolivian Workers’…
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