Bolivian protests grow after President offers to quit
Tens of thousands of Bolivian peasants and miners marched through La Paz on Tuesday as some opposition leaders urged early elections to end the crisis after President Carlos Mesa's offer to resign.

13 people were injured after police shot rubber bullets to disperse miners who lobbed dynamite sticks and rocks during a protest.

Mesa volunteered late Monday to resign-- his second offer this year -- after three weeks of indigenous protests blockaded La Paz and triggered the worst turmoil in his 19-month presidency of the South American nation.

Congress, which rejected a Mesa resignation in March, will hold a session on Thursday in the southern city of Sucre to debate whether to accept his latest offer to quit.

The session was moved to Sucre because La Paz, about 200 miles away, remained too volatile.