Thousands will rally in La Paz to 'safeguard' Arce's inauguration following dynamite attack on elected president
Bolivian president-elect Luis Arce
THOUSANDS of indigenous people, rural workers and miners are travelling to La Paz this weekend to “safeguard the smooth swearing-in of Luis Arce as president of Bolivia,” an indigenous-rights activist told the Morning Star today.
Miriam Amancay Colque of the Bartolina Sisa Resistance condemned a dynamite attack on the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) headquarters in the capital on Thursday night while Mr Arce was there for a meeting.
“Paramilitary groups commit terrorist attacks under the protection of the dictatorial regime,” she warned.
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