Bolivia Crisis

first published in International Viewpoint · 112 words

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Morales supporters protest La Paz Sept. 12

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Steve Wagstaff (currently living in Cochabamba) 17 September 2008 .

While this was happening, terrible news arrived from Pando, the department in the far north of the country, and part of the media luna. Campesinos en route to a demonstration had been ambushed by armed men and it was initially reported that 8 had been killed. The next day, the government declared a state of emergency, in Pando only, sending troops and imposing a curfew between midnight and 6am. The death-toll figure became 16 the f

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