*This information comes from many different news services in Bolivia.* * * *Cort Greene* * * *April,9th 2012* * * * * *Within the backdrop of increased state repression against the six indigenous women leaders and the founder of the Permanent Assembly on Human Rights in Bolivia (APDHB) and 17 other main leaders of last years march against the illegal opening of TIPNIS , the militarization of the area and coercion and buying off by the MAS government of President Morales of different indigenous grouping over it and the government's intention to establish a center for bilateral intelligence with the Colombian government.* * * *This past week Government Minister, Carlos Romero, has asked the Attorney General to intervene against the social movements and unions on the pretext that they are or will violate the rights of others with excesses against the government and the government must block and prosecute those individuals and leaders responsible. for such actions.* * * *Upcoming Protests and Actions:* * * *The Executive Committee of the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) have called for a national strike of 24 hours on Wednesday, April 11 in the nine departments of the country, which was announced by Executive Secretary, Juan Carlos Trujillo over increases in wage demands by the union that the government has not met. * * * *Doctors and the Medical association at the public health system will resume on Tuesday a strike to protest a provision that increases their working hours from 6 to 8 hours a day.* ** *Public transport representatives will meet on Tuesday to set a new night rate structure, which has been rejected by the neighborhood councils who have called on a struggle against the fare raises.*
** *The Tarija have announced protests on the occasion of its anniversary this April 15th, for control of the resources generated by a gas field operated by the Spanish company Repsol and that royalties should be shared with Chuquisaca, as according to a recent government study.* ** *All this on top of the CIDOB and other social movements proposed start of the second march against a road through the TIPNIS (national park and indigenous territory) on April 25 that will be leaving from Chaparina heading to La Paz and expected to take over a month which will lead to a capitalist extraction model that is the policy and plan of the MAS government.* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
