"Uranium" | the latest play by Bolivia's government

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Bolivian minister of Government, for sure one of the top five most up-to-date members officials, led on Tue 29th of August a police operative seizing, as he proudly said, 2 tons of uranium, right next to the town centre of La Paz.

Big news!

The minister, vice-minister and advisers quickly manage to calculate de value of such load. 50-million US dollars. Special police units guarding the load. Please take your sits, the show is about to begin! 

No one in the next few hours thought that would be a good idea analyse the radioactivity of the material confiscated first. Impressive.

Photo: @pagina_siete vía Twipic.

International press (at least part of the serious one) was more cautious and probably decided to digg further before buying the cheap tickets offered by Bolivia's ministry of Government.

Bolivia: Police Mutiny and political instability

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Photo: www.france24.com

Police remains mutinied in Bolivia demanding levelling up their wages to the same amount military officers currently earn. Public figures showed a difference of up to 40% in these two wages.

A new round of negotiations is under-way while Bolivia's cities remain without guard or police assistance for the seventh day.

The government insist that behind the protest is a "right-wing" coup plan. Independent and citizen media reject such allegation.

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