LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Opponents of President Evo Morales stayed home from work and blocked key streets in four cities Friday to protest the governing party's handling of an assembly that is rewriting the Bolivian constitution.Scattered street clashes between strikers and unions aligned with Morales' Movement Toward Socialism party took place in Santa Cruz, Bolivia's largest city and the center of opposition to the socialist leader, as well as in the southern city of Tarija. Opponents argue Morales' party is trying to expand the president's power without recognizing the four eastern states' demands for greater autonomy.
Government officials said members of the radical Crucena Youth Union hurled two homemade firebombs at government television station offices in Santa Cruz. The bombs crashed against a concrete wall and the building's front gate, doing only minor damage, the officials said.