Homemade dynamite blast as miners protest pension funds in Bolivia

Record ID: 1692892

  • Title: Homemade dynamite blast as miners protest pension funds in Bolivia
  • Date: 12th October 2022
  • Summary: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (OCTOBER 12, 2022) (REUTERS) MINER HUANUNI MINERS’ BANNER DISPLAYED IN FRONT OF THE POLICE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HUANUNI MINERS’ LEADER, VICTOR CABRERA, SAYING: “The latest decree approved by the government, the (number) 4,782, says all the (Huanuco state-run) company’s contributions and net profits must be put in hands of the state. In other words, the government wants to take our net profits. What budget will we have to manage our company’s projects and works? We will have no money if the government takes it.” BLOCKED STREET WITH BOLIVIAN FLAG DISPLAYED VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF ROADS
  • Embargoed: 27th October 2022 00:51
  • Keywords: Bolivia Clashes Firecrackers Miners Protest
  • Location: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
  • City: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
  • Country: Bolivia
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,South America / Central America,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA005188812102022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:A miner protest spilled over on Wednesday (October 12) when demonstrators blasted homemade dynamite firecrackers in the city center as they protested a new pension funds legislation.
    Footage captured gusts of smoke coming from firecrackers explosions in avenues and roads as these artifacts are illegal and, so far, only usually used in protest sites.
    Local Rosa Mayta faced off miners when a firecracker blasted nearby her.
    Bolivian miners took to the streets of the capital city La Paz to protest the government’s move to take control of the state-run mining company Huanuco’s million-dollar pension fund, now managed by private companies.
    The government intends to force state-run companies to keep their net profits in the Nation’s General Treasure, which will leave miners no money to carry out their projects, the leader of the Huanuni miners collective, Victor Cabrera, said.
    (Production: Monica Machicao, Santiago Limachi, Sergio Limachi, Anna Portella)
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