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O 061022Z MAY 08
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8183
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 9312
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8695
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 3068
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000223
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: BOLIVIA, REFORMS,
GOVERNANCE; SCO PAULO
Bolivian Chaos
Article in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (5/6) says: "The
approval of the autonomy referenda was the way six out of the nine
provinces that make up Bolivia found to force the central government
to revise the constitutional project...[that] increases the power
of the central government...and withdraws it from the provinces....
With the referenda, the opposition intends to obtain some political
advantage that goes beyond achieving administrative autonomy. The
main one is to isolate the central government and force it to
negotiate structural reforms.... Both sides must be willing to
negotiate to overcome the impasse they created."
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