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Morales Rejects
Opposition Autonomy
Proposal
LIMA - Bolivian
President Evo Morales on
Thursday rejected a
proposal from opposition
governors to give full
autonomy to their
provinces while talks
aimed at aimed at ending
the political crisis in
the country were
postponed to next week.
Morales accusing his
opponents of seeking de
facto independence. "A
full autonomy over any
region is de facto
independence," Morales
told reporters in the
city of Cochabamba in
central Bolivia.
He also accused the
opposition of disguising
their "separatist
intention" with their
autonomy proposal.
"Those pro-coup people
would not get the
national and
international support,"
the president said.
The talks, under
monitorship of the
Organization of American
States and the United
Nations, will resume on
Monday, Rural
Development Minister
Carlos Romero.
Morales and opposition
governors started a
round of talks at the El
Manantial complex near
Cochabamba last
Thursday. The
negotiations focused on
redistribution of
national revenues,
provincial autonomy and
the draft for a new
constitution.
However the talks became
deadlocked after four
days of negotiation, and
the government claimed
that the governors
balked at signing an
initial deal.
Protests broke out
earlier this month
against Morales' plans
to amend the
constitution and
reallocate gas revenues.
Anti-government
protesters blocked the
road, stormed official
buildings and clashed
with supporters of the
president.
Dozens of Bolivians were
reportedly killed or
injured and many others
went missing in violent
clashes in the country.
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