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Weekly Report - 30 July 2015 (WR-15-30)

BOLIVIA: Morales faces regional unrest

The Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) government led by President Evo Morales is facing its first episode of serious regional unrest since the March gubernatorial and local elections. Since the start of this month, representatives from the Comité Cívico Potosinista (Comcipo), a civic group in south-western Potosí department, one of Bolivia’s poorest departments despite rich mineral resources, and long a MAS stronghold, have been spearheading a region-wide strike insisting that President Morales meet 26 demands. The big problem for the MAS government is that it is affecting the mining sector, already struggling as a result of the fall in international commodity prices.

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