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Bolivian regions 'back autonomy'
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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The Amazonian states of Beni and Pando passed autonomy measures by more than 80 percent of the vote, according to preliminary vote counts released Sunday evening. (article 4)
Morales' quest to empower Bolivia's long-oppressed Indian majority has alienated a more mixed-race population in the eastern lowlands and fueled old grudges here against the national government centered in La Paz. (article 4)
Government officials had encouraged Morales' supporters to abstain from voting, and pro-Morales groups in the small Pando town of Filadelfia burned voting urns to protest the referendum. (article 4)
Scattered clashes between autonomy backers and pro-Morales groups in the Beni state capital of Trinidad left about eight people injured, according to local media reports. (article 4)
Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday evening in the regional capitals of Beni and Pando waving flags and shouting slogans against Morales to celebrate the pro-autonomy vote. (article 3)
The autonomy referendums in the eastern lowlands are viewed by many as an effort to derail Morales' agricultural reform efforts, obtain a larger cut of natural gas revenues and weaken the president's power base. (article 3)
Howard County Circuit Judge Louis A. Becker yesterday sentenced Eduardo Morales-Soriano to 10 years in prison for the Thanksgiving 2006 crash that killed Cpl. Brian Mathews and his companion Jennifer Bower. (article 1)
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Story keywords
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Morales, autonomy, Beni, Bolivia, Pando |
Source articles
- Fatal-crash driver is given 10 years - (baltimoresun.com, 06/01/2008, 570 words)
- Bolivian regions 'back autonomy' (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 259 words)
- More Bolivian regional voters back autonomy push (Washington Post, 06/01/2008, 475 words)
- 2 Bolivian states vote for autonomy (Washington Post, 06/01/2008, 405 words)
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