MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Bolivia: miners' dynamite and peasants' siege reach the heart of power in La Paz
The center of La Paz turned on Monday into the stage of a more than three-hour pitched battle in which thousands of salaried miners and peasants clashed with police forces trying to prevent their entry to Plaza Murillo, the seat of Bolivia's executive and legislative bran...
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