Bolivia Deploys Troops Against Blockades over a Decree Its Own Government Wants Repealed
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Bolivia deploys troops against blockades over a decree its own government wants repealed
Bolivia's government deployed military and police units on Tuesday in the municipality of Yapacaní, in Santa Cruz department, ahead of announced road blockades called by farming organisations against the decree that raised the price of diesel for large consumers. Hours later, the deputy interior minister acknowledged that the same measure must be annulled.
Various sectors related to the former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales meet in the center of the nation with the aim of defining pressure measures to combat the increase of diesel for large consumers.
(Updated with statements by the Vice Minister of the Interior Regime and a leader of the peasants) La Paz, 25 Aug (EFE).- The Government of Bolivia deployed on Tuesday groups of military and police in Santa Cruz, the largest region and the economic engine of the country, faced threats from peasants that they will initiate roadblocks against the withdrawal of the subsidy to the price of diesel for those considered "large consumers." The police an…
The , the largest region and the economic engine of the country, faced threats from peasants that they will initiate roadblocks against the withdrawal of the subsidy to the price of diesel for the considered “big consumers”. The police and military were sent to the municipality of Yapacani, located 131 kilometers from the city of ... Continue reading “Bolivia deploys military and police in the face of threats of blockades at the end of subsidy t…
The Government of Bolivia reinforced the presence of military and police personnel in the department of Santa Cruz in the face of the possibility of new road blockades promoted by peasant organizations that question the withdrawal of the diesel subsidy for large consumers. The operation is concentrated in the municipality of Yapacaní, located about 131 kilometers from the capital of Cruz, a strategic area where the road that connects Santa Cruz …
The production and intercultural sectors of Yapacaní gave a 48-hour period to the Government to repeal Supreme Decree 5676, after a day in which the deployment of police and military ended without confrontation and with the withdrawal of the municipal law enforcement forces. The agreement was reached after a meeting between government authorities, leaders and representatives of the mobilized social sectors, who maintain their rejection of the no…
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