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LatinNews Daily - 06 November

In brief: Bolivia gov’t warns of economic losses caused by strike

* Bolivia’s economy minister Luis Arce has revealed that the strikes which began 14 days ago staged by the political opposition in protest at the 20 October general election results have cost the country US$167m. Regional civic committees began the strikes after President Evo Morales declared he’d won re-election in the first round vote. His main rival former president Carlos Mesa (2003-2005), the presidential candidate of Bolivia’s Comunidad Ciudadana (CC) opposition alliance, and the opposition claims fraud took place and that there should be a re-run.

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