[News] Bolivian Right-Wing Opposition Fuels Violence in Santa Cruz

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Bolivian Right-Wing Opposition Fuels Violence in Santa CruzOctober 31, 2022
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On Monday, the Bolivian Presidency Minister Maria Nela Prada denounced
violent acts unleashed during the "indefinite strike" promoted by Santa
Cruz Governor Fernando Camacho and other far-right subnational leaders.

In this Bolivian department, militia groups are attacking social,
political, and Indigenous activists who support President Luis Arce, who
belongs to the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) led by Evo Morales.

This wave of violence focused on Bolivian progressives is causing concern
given that popular organizations will lead today a large march that will
enter the city of Santa Cruz to protest against the right-wing indefinite
strike.

Rocio Picanere, the spokeswoman for the Indigenous Central of the Bolivian
East (CANOB), denounced that militiamen burned houses and beat residents in
five communities in the Conception municipality.

*The tweet reads, "The Presidency Minister Maria Nela Prada denounces that,
as a form of threat and intimidation, the right-wing networks spread the
addresses of her relatives in Santa Cruz."*

"We forcefully repudiate the abuse and outrage that we have been suffering
as one of the most vulnerable peoples that are part of the Plurinational
State of Bolivia," she said.

Minister Prada also indicated that far-right groups are threatening to
declare the "civil death" of those who oppose their action in the
department of Santa Cruz.

"They intend to silence the voice of those who think differently by using
threats.... Whoever does not agree with them is a traitor," she said
through Bolivia Tv.
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