[NYTr] Bolivia's Constuent Assembly Digs in Against Violent Attacks

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Prensa Latina, Havana
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Violence on Assembly Members Condemned in Bolivia

La Paz, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) The aggressions perpetrated in Sucre
against several assembly constituent members are strongly condemned in
Bolivia, where the government denounced a conspiracy between oligarchs
and regional civic leaders.

Since mid-morning, the voices condemning the violence lived in the
so-called White City are heard.

Radio stations constantly receive calls from all departments of the
country, and television broadcasts images of troublemakers kicking the
doors of Gran Mariscal Sucre Theater.

The aggressors -- drunk with the rum [provided] by the Sucre's
mayor, even hit women, like assembly members Mirta Jimenez and
Marcela Revollo, Loyola Guzman and Marcela Choquehuanca.

Constituent member Raul Prad, with a swollen lip, narrated before
national television the aggressions undergone by his partners, but he
ratified that moral remains high.

This incident undressed the trap set by the Inter Institutional
Committee of Chuquisaca, which guaranteed security to the 255 assembly
members so that they remained in Sucre.

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Bolivia Assembly Digs into Sucre

Sucre, Bolivia, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia's Constituent Assembly
said it will remain in Sucre to draft the Magna Carta despite hostility
from the local authorities and attacks by rioters.

Alleged University students from neighboring Santa Cruz Department are
at the near Gran Mariscal Sucre Theater, attacking Assmbly members, who
have been trying to hold since Friday plenary sessions that have been
halted since August.

Violence broke out at a vigil convened by the Chuquisaca Committee and
security threats led Assembly President Silvia Lazarte to suspend
sessions sine die.

The mob, mostly drunk with rum supplied by the Mayor's Office, set off
explosives and have battered six legislators and chase people with
Indigenous features, namely women with traditional clothing, and the
accredited press.

The lawmakers say they will resist the provocation and stay until their
leaders decide a change of venue, probably to Oruro, since violence and
insecurity impede holding sessions.

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