January 23, 2001 Please Distribute Widely Dear Colleagues, Bolivian President Jorge Quiroga and his boss, the Ambassador-Viceroy Manuel Rocha (subject of a soon-to-be-published investigative report on Narco News), have just gone overboard in their repression against coca growers' union leaders. This week, Bolivian authorities rounded up more than 100 union leaders, and the Bolivian Congress prepares to remove its most popular member, Evo Morales, the coca growers' leader who was elected with more votes than any other member of Congress. Once more, the drug war attacks against democracy itself. Read the latest report from our Andean Bureau Chief, Luis Gómez: http://www.narconews.com/ Gómez reports that other indigenous and farmer leaders throughout the country are meeting today to determine whether to launch a nationwide blockade of roads and highways to obtain the release of the 100 political prisoners. On a related note, Narco News extends its thanks to our colleages at the daily Por Esto!, Mexico's third-largest newspaper, for publishing our recent interview with Bolivian indigenous leader Felipe Quispe in its Sunday magazine section. from somewhere in a country called América, Al Giordano Publisher The Narco News Bulletin http://www.narconews.com/ narconews(a)hotmail.com
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