Latinnews Daily - 30 January 2004

Seven people died and more than eighty were injured as the 48-hour general strike, which has paralysed the country, came to an end yesterday. The strike was called by an alliance of popular movements and was supported by the national business council (Conep) as well as the two main opposition parties, the PLD and the PRSC, and trade unions. Protesters demanded a reversal of the government's economic policies, wage rises, reduced food and fuel prices and the severing of links with the