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December 28, 2017

Bolivia: Health Workers Escalate Protests and Strike in La Paz
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In Bolivia, protests by health workers are escalating, amid a month-long
strike in the capital La Paz. The strike and protests are part of a
rising wave of dissent in Bolivia over President Evo Morales's
controversial decision to seek a fourth term in 2019, despite the
Bolivian constitution permitting presidents to serve only two
consecutive terms. This is protester Julia Maceda Aliaga.

Julia Maceda Aliaga: "It's a dictatorship! Not in the worst moments of
the dictatorial governments has this occurred! I say to the gentleman,
Evo [Bolivian President Evo Morales], if he is a gentleman, 'Evo, don't
provoke us. The people are angry!'"



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