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Weekly Report - 24 May 2005
BOLIVIA: As confrontation escalates, the military rumbles
President Carlos Mesa finally decided not to do battle with congress and refused to either veto or promulgate the new hydrocarbons law [WR-05-19], leaving it up to the legislature to do so. The autonomists in Santa Cruz defied the central government by calling their own referendum on devolution, as rival protesters led by Evo Morales converged on La Paz to demand outright state control of the oil and gas industry and a constituent assembly to decide on regional autonomy. In the background, there were hints of military unease.
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