At 8:30 p.m. this Sunday, the multisectoral committee began the national strike in rejection of laws passed without consensus or socialization by the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP).
With the thunderous sound of a trailer and the detonation of firecrackers, various representatives of different organizations, began with the blockade in the Alto San Pedro market area and third ring, of the city of Santa Cruz.
“We have a commitment to the Bolivian population, we join this strike for the freedom and justice of the Bolivian people. The Government wants to intimidate by bringing the military, people from other districts, the people of Santa Cruz are not going to allow it“We are going to defend the freedom and democracy of this people,” said Rómulo Calvo, president of the Civic Committee for Santa Cruz, in the sector.
He assured that it will be a measure of “peaceful” pressure and urged the head of state, Luis Arce, not to confront the population, condemning the way in which the ruling party this day copied the positions of power of the Board of Deputies, supporting dissidents from the opposition.
Start of stoppage:
“If there is mourning, death and blood in this strike, you (Luis Arce) will be responsible, you are setting up a genocide, that the Bolivians have to see it ”, added the representative, surrounded by transporters, unions and health workers.
The National Confederation of Union Workers of Bolivia determined an indefinite strike starting tomorrow, November 8, in rejection of the Law of National Strategy to Fight Against Legitimization of Illicit Profits and Financing of Terrorism.
To this is added the protest of other sectors, such as universities and municipal governments, against the approval in the early morning of November 2 of the Economic and Social Development Plan Law, because they consider that it threatens autonomy.
The press conference:
In turn, the Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, mentioned that, as a result of the protest, The national government and the Bolivian Police will guarantee the free walkability of the population that he will carry out his activities in a normal way.
For tomorrow the president is expected Luis Arce provides a report to the population for his first year in officeWhile organizations related to the MAS will take to the streets to “celebrate” the return to power, so it is feared that there will be clashes with other sectors, which will block.
In this sense, hundreds of police officers are in the facilities of the Santa Cruz Departmental Command, according to videos circulating on social networks. Likewise, there is knowledge of a meeting held tonight at the headquarters of the Central Obrera Departamental (COD) of Santa Cruz where Shock groups are coordinated to counteract the blockades in the different areas of the city, According to a source who participated in the meeting and requested that his name be reserved for fear of reprisals. “They are people of limited resources, they have been promised food in exchange for unlocking. The idea is that they fight and arrest the protesters,” they indicated.
At 8:30 p.m. this Sunday, the multisectoral committee began the national strike in rejection of laws passed without consensus or socialization by the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP).
With the thunderous sound of a trailer and the detonation of firecrackers, various representatives of different organizations, began with the blockade in the Alto San Pedro market area and third ring, of the city of Santa Cruz.
“We have a commitment to the Bolivian population, we join this strike for the freedom and justice of the Bolivian people. The Government wants to intimidate by bringing the military, people from other districts, the people of Santa Cruz are not going to allow it“We are going to defend the freedom and democracy of this people,” said Rómulo Calvo, president of the Civic Committee for Santa Cruz, in the sector.
He assured that it will be a measure of “peaceful” pressure and urged the head of state, Luis Arce, not to confront the population, condemning the way in which the ruling party this day copied the positions of power of the Board of Deputies, supporting dissidents from the opposition.
Start of stoppage:
“If there is mourning, death and blood in this strike, you (Luis Arce) will be responsible, you are setting up a genocide, that the Bolivians have to see it ”, added the representative, surrounded by transporters, unions and health workers.
The National Confederation of Union Workers of Bolivia determined an indefinite strike starting tomorrow, November 8, in rejection of the Law of National Strategy to Fight Against Legitimization of Illicit Profits and Financing of Terrorism.
To this is added the protest of other sectors, such as universities and municipal governments, against the approval in the early morning of November 2 of the Economic and Social Development Plan Law, because they consider that it threatens autonomy.
The press conference:
In turn, the Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, mentioned that, as a result of the protest, The national government and the Bolivian Police will guarantee the free walkability of the population that he will carry out his activities in a normal way.
For tomorrow the president is expected Luis Arce provides a report to the population for his first year in officeWhile organizations related to the MAS will take to the streets to “celebrate” the return to power, so it is feared that there will be clashes with other sectors, which will block.
In this sense, hundreds of police officers are in the facilities of the Santa Cruz Departmental Command, according to videos circulating on social networks. Likewise, there is knowledge of a meeting held tonight at the headquarters of the Central Obrera Departamental (COD) of Santa Cruz where Shock groups are coordinated to counteract the blockades in the different areas of the city, According to a source who participated in the meeting and requested that his name be reserved for fear of reprisals. “They are people of limited resources, they have been promised food in exchange for unlocking. The idea is that they fight and arrest the protesters,” they indicated.
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