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Weekly Report - 1 November 2005
BOLIVIA: Last-ditch effort before Rodríguez resorts to a decree
With elections no longer possible on 4 December efforts are now concentrating on trying to hold them with enough leeway to allow the scheduled handover of power to the new authorities in January. As congress failed last week to reach agreement on the vexed seat-allocation issue deliberations have shifted to an emergency gathering of legislators and civic leaders in Santa Cruz; if this fails President Eduardo Rodríguez is most likely to resort to an executive decree.
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