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Weekly Report - 06 May 2010 (WR-10-18)

BOLIVIA: Unions disenchanted with Morales

As has been his custom in past years, President Evo Morales celebrated 1 May with more nationalisations - on this occasion in relation to the electricity sector. Unlike past international labour days, however, he did not partake in the activities organised by Bolivia's most important trade union, the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB). His absence was symbolic of a recent rupture with the union sector - hitherto a key ally - over wage increases. The COB's break with Morales exposed divisions within the sector itself, as well as showing how, following the emergence of the left-wing Movimiento Sin Miedo (MSM) as the main opposition to the ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) in April's regional elections, the challenge to Morales is now coming not from the Right but the disaffected Left [WR-10-14].

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