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Weekly Report - 18 August 2016 (WR-16-32)
BOLIVIA: Morales faces fresh unrest from miners
Last week Bolivia’s national confederation of mining cooperatives (Fencomin) paralysed the country, staging protests and blockades as part of efforts to get the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) government led by President Evo Morales to agree to a list of 10 demands. While the MAS government earlier this year hailed the recovery of the mining sector, the latest unrest comes amid continued economic slowdown, particularly in the all-important hydrocarbons sector as a result of the slump in commodities’ prices.
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