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Santa Cruz Governor Luis Camacho
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BOLIVIA’S government condemned the oppositio toay for walking out of dialogue talks on the next census.
Santa Cruz Governor Luis Camacho, a clerical fascist who helped storm the presidential palace during the 2019 military coup against Evo Morales, has begun what he terms “general strike” in the wealthy region in a bid to destabilise the socialist administration of President Luis Arce.
A decision by La Paz to postpone the census to 2024 is the ostensible cause of the friction, with Santa Cruz insisting it be held next year.
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
