World Socialist Web Site, MI
Protests continued in the city of Santa Cruz in southern Bolivia against the policies of President Carlos Mesa. On January 25, more than 5,000 transportation workers and their supporters marched through downtown Santa Cruz demanding Mesa’s ouster. The protests began two weeks ago over increases in the price of fuel. Though Mesa rolled back some of the increases in diesel and gasoline, Santa Cruz business interests took advantage of the public anger to push for greater political autonomy from the central government.
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