Bolivia, La Paz, Miner's Strike
Riot police are attacked during clashes with independent miners in the centre of La Paz February 7, 2007. Mining cooperatives, to which some 55,000 independent miners belong, strongly oppose plans by the leftist government Evo Morales to increase taxes on miners and overhaul the mining industry. Miner protests have helped to topple presidents in the past, and last year 16 miners died in dynamite battles for control of Huanuni, the country's largest tin mine. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA)
Labels: Bolivia, hospitalised coppers, South America, strikes
posted by Riot Porn @ 3/03/2007 11:33:00 PM
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