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| Bolivia's New Leader Meets With Activists |
| 2005-06-13 |
| Bolivia's caretaker president met Sunday with activists in the opposition stronghold of El Alto, and appealed for calm as labor leaders promised more crippling protests if he does not meet their demands. Interim President Eduardo Rodriguez spent nearly two hours with the coalition of Indian and labor activists whose nearly month-long blockade cut off the main food and gasoline supply route from the slum city of El Alto to the capital, La Paz. They demanded he nationalize the country's oil and gas industries and hold early elections. "We must re-establish the peace," Rodriguez told strike leaders. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Yeah, sounds like their country is a paradise now. No food,clean water,gasoline, good going guys. Now if it goes like south america usually does, this will happen 5 times in the next 6 years and when they are done they won't have anything left. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-06-13 10:28 |