Massacre of 30 campesinos by "civicos" in Pando, Bolivia

Monday, September 15, 2008

In the worst violent act in the history of Bolivia's democracy, a campaign by opposition Prefects in Bolivia seeking to destabilize the MAS government, took the lives of as many as 30 people, and wounded dozens more, in the Amazonian province of Pando. Read more...

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Massacre of 30 campesinos by "civicos" in Pando, Bolivia

Projects in the Spotlight

Interoceanic Highway

Río Madeira Complex

Programa vial del corredor norte (Tramo Rio Branco/La Paz, La Paz-Caranavi)

Gasoducto del Noreste y Anillo energetico (Gasoducto sudarmericano)