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Weekly Report - 27 July 2004
BOLIVIA: Beyond the radicals, an ethnic tinderbox
The fact that the threatened boycott of President Carlos Mesa's referendum did not materialise [WR-04-28] has been interpreted as a major setback for its main promoter, the radical Aymara leader Felipe Quispe. Some analysts have gone as far as to say that it has dispelled the fears of a broader indigenous rebellion. Events over the past week suggest that it would be imprudent to draw conclusions too soon.
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