Bolivia: Unrest Prompts Call for Referendum

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | December 6th, 2007 | Trackback

Political strife between President Evo Morales’ ruling party and the opposition threatens to tear the country apart as a constitutional assembly tries to draft a new constitution by its deadline of Dec. 14. Violent demonstrations have occurred in Sucre and the Amazonian town of Cobija. Tensions are high and more violence is possible, including blocking of roads. In an effort to defuse the crisis, President Morales proposed holding a referendum to determine whether he and Bolivia’s nine regional governors should remain in office. He said he would send a bill to Congress on Dec. 6 to call for the vote.

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