Weekly Report - 1 May 2014 (WR-14-17)

The sight of several hundred non-commissioned officers (NCOs) marching through the streets of La Paz this week to protest against “discrimination” in the armed forces was not one likely to put Bolivia’s President Evo Morales at ease. The fact that they received the applause of the public, many of whom seemed to empathise with their complaint, was even more disturbing for Morales, especially in the same week that the supreme electoral tribunal (TSE) announced that general elections will take place on 12 October this year.

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