Bolivian President Evo Morales flees town ahead of speech after angry miners throw dynamite ...

Daily Mail ^ | 3:22 PM on 11th February 2011 | Daily Mail Reporter

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Bolivian President Evo Morales has abruptly abandoned a mining town after protesters angered by rising prices booed him and set off dynamite.

Mr Morales was due to speak on the anniversary of a colonial uprising in Oruro but canceled plans to participate in a march yesterday after demonstrations against rising food prices and shortages.

There were also protests in the Bolivian capital of La Paz, and the cities of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba.

The Bolivian populace are angry over a near doubling in the price of sugar after the government lifted subsidies.

The president’s popularity has plummeted since he tried to lift subsidies on gasoline, flour and sugar in December.

He subsequently abandoned the effort - but did remove price controls on sugar.

As he prepared to deliver a speech in Oruro yesterday, the capital of his home province, protesters set off explosions to voice their unhappiness at the price rises.

‘The government took the decision not to respond to shameful provocations of this kind,’ presidential spokesman Ivan Canelas said after the leader returned to La Paz.

 

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In the opposition stronghold of Santa Cruz, meanwhile, protesters blocked the road leading to the airport in opposition to a government-planned food production agency.

Outrage: Members of the union of retail sales vendors protest in La Paz against plans for a new government food production agency

[wally_bert]

Viva Bolivia Libre!?

[JPG]

Evo Morales is a flaming communist and the Bolivian people will be much better off if them send him packing.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

I’d like to see a revolution there too!

[TaxPayer2000]

protesters set off explosions to voice their unhappiness at the price rises.

That's one way to do it.

[kbennkc]

There's a new kind of Dynamite. From Idaho, like Elmer Keith and Milt Sparks, only different.

[jazusamo]

He and his buddy Hugo need to be “DYN-O-MITED” out of office.

[cripplecreek]

I guess this means we won’t be hearing how inspired Obama is about the people rising up against a marxist.

[2111USMC]

It gets the message across.

Why can’t we demonstrate that way?!

[cripplecreek]

Not to be confused with the middle eastern version.

[kittymyrib]

TEA Party take note. The hysterical Leftists will blame you for inciting violence if you dare to criticize BO or Dems anyway, so why not set off a few sticks of dynamite and watch them react to that?

[Hotlanta Mike]

WHERE’S OBAMA ON THE INSPIRATION OF THESE PEOPLE SEEKING DEMOCRACY??? OH THAT’S RIGHT, MORALES IS A COMRADE IN ARMS OF OBAMA AND CHAVEZ.

[cripplecreek]

On election night we’ll explode from our homes and launch an assult on the polling places with wave after wave of voters.

[Navy Patriot]

Couldn’t happen to a nicer Marxist.

[lormand]

I'm shocked. This must be the first time in history that a marxists takes hold of a government and the people suffer for it.

shocked I tell ya

[ScottinVA]

Rage Boy!! LOL!!!

[SunkenCiv]

...protesters angered by rising prices booed him and set off dynamite... There were also protests in the Bolivian capital of La Paz, and the cities of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba... over a near doubling in the price of sugar after the government lifted subsidies. The president's popularity has plummeted since he tried to lift subsidies on gasoline, flour and sugar in December. He subsequently abandoned the effort...

All together now -- this is all due to U.S. ethanol subsidies. Thanks Ernest.

[ken5050]

Be ncie if we had some MSM interest in Bolivia and Venezuela...

[Perdogg]