Yungeño Cocaleros March on La Paz, Bolivia 9/22-23/2008

On September 22 and 23, thousands of cocaleros from the Yungas region of Bolivia, marched in La Paz to demand justice for the victims of the September 11 massacre in the department of Pando. They demanded that Leopoldo Fernandez, ex governor of the department, be tried and jailed in La Paz. They kept watch over San Pedro prison where the ex-prefect was detained to make sure he would not be transferred to Sucre.

The social movements also expressed their support for President Evo Morales and for the new constitution, which is slated to be voted on in a national referendum in December. The protesters were preparing to join the siege of the city of Santa Cruz, which has since been postponed until October 15th in the hopes that the government and opposition groups will come to an agreement.

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