Bolivia's indigenous leader declares truce
Bolivian Indigenous leader and opposition Representative Evo Morales, one of the sponsors of the protests in the country, declared Friday a truce for incoming president Eduardo Rodriguez.

Morales asked Rodriguez to respond to the demands of demonstrators, namely, a new constitution and the nationalization of the oil and natural gas sector, according to news from La Paz, the administrative capital of Bolivia.

After the Congress appointed him as acting president Thursday at Sucre, the constitutional capital of Bolivia, Rodriguez asked the demonstrators for a truce to allow his administration to overcome the crisis affecting the country.

Morales, leader of political party Movement Towards Socialism, said at Sucre that although Rodriguez only heads a "transition government", he is not exempted from social demands.

Under Bolivia's Constitution, Rodriguez is to call for elections within six months, which will happen before the end of the year.

Rodriguez traveled Friday from Sucre to La Paz, where he entered the Presidential Palace for the beginning of his administration that will include the appointment of his cabinet.

In the last four weeks, Bolivians have staged protests and set up roadblocks as part of their demonstrations to demand a new constitution and the nationalization of the oil and natural gas sector.

Demonstrators, including Indigenous people, miners and farmers, focused their protests on La Paz and the neighboring city of El Alto.

Rodriguez, Bolivia's Supreme Court president, was sworn in as the country's new president late Thursday night after Congress unanimously accepted the resignation of his embattled predecessor Carlos Mesa at an emergency session.