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BBC: "Bolivian leader on hunger strike"
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President Morales says that Congress will pass a controversial election law that would pave the way for him to obtain a re-election in the presidential elections next December." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7993274.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7993274.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7993274.stm"><H1> Bolivian leader on hunger strike </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7993274.stm"><B>Bolivian President Evo Morales has said he will refuse to eat until the upper house of parliament, the Senate, passes a new electoral law.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7993274.stm"><P>The opposition-controlled Senate is blocking a bill that would give greater political power to Bolivia's indigenous majority, to which Mr Morales belongs. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7993274.stm"><P>Fourteen special indigenous electoral districts would be created in places where Indian groups are in a minority. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7993274.stm"><P>Tensions flared last week when members of the governing party, which controls the lower house, clashed with the opposition over the bill. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7993274.stm"><P>A new constitution designed to give more rights and a greater share of the land and resources to the country's indigenous majority was approved by more than 60% of voters in late January. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7993274.stm">But tensions and deep division between the poorer, indigenous majority located in the highlands, and the wealthier and mixed-race lowlanders, have increased since Mr Morales took office three years ago</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7993274.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/792FC5B4-AD09-49AF-B3C5-FFFFBC697CA2" alt="A joint session of the Bolivian Congress on 9 April" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/06AS9hYbPi8sU?q=Evo+Morales" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/06AS9hYbPi8sU?q=Evo+Morales" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/06AS9hYbPi8sU?q=Evo+Morales"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/6069A1A0-B719-441A-9060-395E57BAA063" alt="Bolivian lawmakers debate during a Congress session in La Paz April 9, 2009. Bolivia's Congress approved on Thursday the "overall content" of an electoral law hours after President Evo Morales went on hunger strike to protest at opposition lawmakers' efforts to block the bill. Lawmakers must still vote on the details of the election reform law, which is seen helping the leftist president in a general election in December by assigning more seats to poor, rural areas where he is popular." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0cQx2Lt7uWgaJ?q=Evo+Morales" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0cQx2Lt7uWgaJ?q=Evo+Morales" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0cQx2Lt7uWgaJ?q=Evo+Morales"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/0C61BB38-01E2-4215-A8CC-5D542187D24E" alt="Supporters of Bolivia's President Evo Morales shout slogans as they hold a vigil outside National Congress in La Paz, Thursday, April 9 , 2009. Morales announced he was starting a hunger strike on Thursday to pressure Bolivia's congress to set a firm date for general elections that are likely to return him to power." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/04GReT95Rj9K2?q=Evo+Morales" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/04GReT95Rj9K2?q=Evo+Morales" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/04GReT95Rj9K2?q=Evo+Morales"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/E6A9153B-36C4-45A0-BC71-5E70061933DA" alt="Bolivian President Evo Morales smiles at the presidential palace in La Paz, April 9, 2009. Morales announced on Thursday a hunger strike with leaders of social organizations to pressure lawmakers to approve a law for presidential elections in December. The banner reads " Electoral law, now. Brave the hunger strike, El Alto is present"." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0cAf7JRgrN4Zo?q=Evo+Morales" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0cAf7JRgrN4Zo?q=Evo+Morales" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/0cAf7JRgrN4Zo?q=Evo+Morales"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/D7CFE4B1-3D3E-4FD6-A329-F4762E9E15FA" alt="Supporters of Bolivia's President Evo Morales shout slogans as they hold a vigil outside National Congress in La Paz, Thursday, April 9 , 2009. Morales announced he was starting a hunger strike to pressure Bolivia's congress to set a firm date for general elections that are likely to return him to power." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/08N3bv65cY6vp?q=Evo+Morales" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/08N3bv65cY6vp?q=Evo+Morales" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/08N3bv65cY6vp?q=Evo+Morales"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/BD319995-5B2C-497D-8980-837220FA1955" alt="Bolivian President Evo Morales (R) and Bolivian Workers Central (COB)'s Executive Secretary Pedro Montes take part along with other union and social leaders, in a hunger strike April 9, 2009 at the Palacio Quemado presidential palace in La Paz. The strikers protest for the delay of the Congress in aproving a a temporary electoral law to allow next December 6th general elections. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/Aizar Raldes." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.daylife.com/photo/04FFd4jb9K0jr?q=Evo+Morales" href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/04FFd4jb9K0jr?q=Evo+Morales" style="font-size: 11px;">www.daylife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.daylife.com/photo/04FFd4jb9K0jr?q=Evo+Morales"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.daylife.com/img/7004B445-41C0-4263-A80F-51BC5F371AC2" alt="Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks during a news conference in La Paz April 9, 2009. Bolivian lawmakers may vote on Tuesday on changes to electoral law that the opposition says could make it easier for leftist President Evo Morales to win control of the legislature in December's general election." /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1C9772CA-9A7C-4B9A-BF39-392F9233B00D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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