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Bolivia: Interview With Pedro Montes

Friday, December 28th, 2007 @ 05:52 UTC

by Eduardo Avila

Countries:: Bolivia
Topics:: Media
Languages:: Spanish

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Bolivia: Entrevista con Pedro Montes...

Mario Duran of Palabras Libres [es] interviews Pedro Montes, Executive Secretary of the Bolivian Worker's Union. Montes has enclosed himself inside the union's headquarters in protest of the government's lack of progress in investigating the bombing attack of the union's offices.

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