[NYTr] Bolivian Indigenous Denounce Conspiracy
 
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:43:51 -0500 (CDT)

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Bolivian Indigenous Denounce Conspiracy

La Paz, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) Eastern Bolivias Indigenous Peoples
Confederation (CIDOB) Monday denounced an oligarchic anti-government
conspiracy to encourage violence to preserve the unused large estates.

A report issued by the indigenous confederation states that oligarchic
groups of the eastern region of Santa Cruz, repeatedly accused of
separatism and linked to Bolivian conservative political forces,
intend to destabilize the country.

Thus they are trying to consolidate the large estates that the new
agrarian policy intends to distribute among poor farmers as
established by the Constitution and laws, the report continues.

Defenders of the huge estates and traffickers in land, disguised as
civic and agriculture organizations, make use of the media to
instigate violence and distort what the government says.

The Indigenous Peoples Confederation considers the government4s
restructure of agrarian policy will make it possible for farmers and
indigenous to fairly accede to lands.

Meanwhile, President Evo Morales ratified on Sunday the state decision
to distribute unproductive or illegally owned lands among needy
farmers.

Landowners reject that policy and have threatened to call armed groups
to prevent its implementation, while the government has repeatedly
called on them to dialogue to solve the differences.

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