Call to form broad
front to channel protests in Bolivia
LA PAZ.— The Press Workers’ Federation in the
Bolivian capital has called for the formation of a
broad front of workers and campesinos to direct the
current protests calling for a constituent assembly
and the nationalization of the hydrocarbons industry.
According to PL, a communiqué from the
journalists’ union states the need to provide a
leadership for the disorganized mobilizations being
staged by workers, the impoverished middle class,
the unemployed and those excluded from the system.
In this way, the statement indicates that it must
organize and direct the people towards the conquest
of the nationalization of the hydrocarbons industry
as the only way of guaranteeing the harmonious
development of Bolivia.
Meanwhile, it rejects the attitude of the
traditional parties, Parliament and government who
are conducting themselves in a calculating manner,
ignoring the political advance of the workers and
campesinos, and defending the interests of the oil
transnationals.
The Press Workers’ Federation of La Paz also
condemns the oligarchy who, under the pretext of the
struggle for regional autonomies, is attempting to
preserve its privileges.
