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Bolivia: Protesting miner shot dead during clashes with police *GRAPHIC*
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26.08.2016
At least one person was shot dead and dozens more were injured on the second day of clashes between police and protesting miners in Cochabamba, Thursday.
The miners mostly members of cooperatives, blocked a road in protest over the government's changes to mining legislation, namely 'Law 356,' which bans miners from signing contracts with private sector companies. Soldiers together police have been deployed to break the blockades. Currently 11 roads across Bolivia have been blocked by the protesters.
The deceased, 25-year-old miner, Fermin Mamani Aspeti, died from numerous gunshot wounds. Protesters have vowed to intensify the blockades following Aspeti's death.
The miners mostly members of cooperatives, blocked a road in protest over the government's changes to mining legislation, namely 'Law 356,' which bans miners from signing contracts with private sector companies. Soldiers together police have been deployed to break the blockades. Currently 11 roads across Bolivia have been blocked by the protesters.
The deceased, 25-year-old miner, Fermin Mamani Aspeti, died from numerous gunshot wounds. Protesters have vowed to intensify the blockades following Aspeti's death.
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