[NYTr] Bolivia's Indigenous Protect Assembly
 
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:01:03 -0600 (CST)

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Bolivia's Indigenous Protect Assembly

La Paz, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of indigenous from Movimiento Sin
Tierra (MST) Saturday have arrived in Sucre with the purpose of protecting
the Constituent Assembly process, threatened by opposition maneuvers.

The campesinos arrived at this capital with the intention of pressing
right-wing representatives to call off their hunger strike, according to
Bolivian News Agency ABI.

In the headquarters of the Constituent Assembly, 11 women have stopped
eating in an effort to demand two thirds vote for the passing of the new
constitutional text in all of its stages.

This Friday, the country went through a day of tension, caused by a strike
called by civilian leaders of Pando, Beni, Santa Cruz and Tarija
Departments, who demand the two thirds as vote methods in the Constituent
Assembly.

Authorities described the strike as a failure, since it is mainly obeyed by
Tarija, Santa Cruz, Beni and Pando businessmen, with none or limited
popular participation.

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