Peasants, Teachers End Their Protests
From Times Wire Reports
Peasants and schoolteachers agreed to end demonstrations, but coca growers refused to lift a blockade of Bolivia’s main highway after three weeks of protests that have left 10 dead and caused millions of dollars in losses to South America’s poorest nation. The government agreed to most of the demands by the teachers and peasants. But talks broke off between the government and farmers growing coca leaf--used to make cocaine--in the tropical central region of Chapare.
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