[NYTr] Bolivians Rally in Support of Evo Morales Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:23:31 -0600 (CST) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Granma Daily - 22 November, 2007 http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art58.html Bolivians Rally in Support of Evo Morales LA PAZ, November 21.b Thousands of Bolivians marched on Wednesday through the streets of the capital in support of President Evo Morales, days after the opposition called for "civil disobedience" in the regions they govern, reported Reuters. The demonstrators demanded the closing of the Senate that is controlled by the rightwing faction who have stepped up pressure against government mining and agriculture reforms. Constant protests by the opposition during the last three months in support of moving the administrative capital to Sucre have paralyzed the drafting of a new constitution by the constituent assembly. Attempts to renew their work have failed. Prensa Latina reports that constituent assembly First Vice President Roberto Aguilar denounced that assembly members from Poder Democratico Social (PODEMOS), the principal opposition force, are instigating violence to maintain the assembly on hold. Nazario Ramirez, a community leader from El Alto, a Morales stronghold, told the local Arbol Radio that the indigenous organizations of his region will be "in a state of constant protest until the constituent assembly concludes." A march of civic groups from El Alto will join the thousands of small farmers who have blocked the entrances to the city of Sucre and have recently held rallies in support of Morales, Boliviabs first indigenous president. * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================