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July 22, 2015

Bolivia: Miners Strike to Demand Construction of Hospitals and Roads 
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In news from South America, Bolivian miners are continuing strikes and
protests to demand that President Evo Morales fulfill his promise to
build hospitals, roads and an international airport in the southern
mining region of Potosí.

Milton Navarro, protest organizer: "President Evo Morales, don't let the
department of Potosí suffer. The department of Potosí has no food. We
are hungry. But this is not the fault of the civic committees who have
reunited here in La Paz in hope of an answer for our demands. The only
person to blame here is President Evo Morales. Why is he afraid to have
a dialogue? He does not have the capacity to have a dialogue?"

 

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