[Mb-civic] Natural Gas Issues Ignite Mass Antigovernment Protests in Bolivia

Wed May 18 06:03:03 PDT 2005

Hecate  ( hecate at diamonddragon.com )
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|  Natural Gas Issues Ignite Mass Antigovernment Protests in Bolivia
|  http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/17/1420227
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Tens of thousands of protesters in Bolivia marched on the capital La Paz after President Carlos Mesa's attempt to push through a law giving large corporations and investors greater control of the country's significant natural gas resources. [includes rush transcript]
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