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Viewing cable 07LAPAZ2008, MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION TO KEEP LA PAZ AS BOLIVIA'S

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07LAPAZ2008 2007-07-20 20:25 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy La Paz
VZCZCXYZ0008
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHLP #2008/01 2012025
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 202025Z JUL 07
FM AMEMBASSY LA PAZ
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4397
INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 6948
RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 4299
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 8185
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 5429
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 2659
RUEHGT/AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA 0623
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA 2828
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 3545
RUEHMN/AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO 4738
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 5290
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 9897
RUMIAAA/USCINCSO MIAMI FL
RUEHUB/USINT HAVANA 0426
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
UNCLAS LA PAZ 002008 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM BL
SUBJECT: MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION TO KEEP LA PAZ AS BOLIVIA'S 
CAPITAL 
 
REF: A. LA PAZ 1981 
     B. LA PAZ 1991 
 
This is a spot report as of 1500 July 20. 
 
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La Paz Department Takes to the Streets 
-------------------------------------- 
 
1.  News organizations are reporting that up to 2 million 
residents of El Alto and the city and department of La Paz 
gathered July 20 in El Alto to show their support for La Paz 
as the legislative and executive capital of Bolivia (see ref 
A for an explanation of the capital-movement debate.) 
Speakers included representatives of the El Alto neighborhood 
association (FEJUVE), the director of La Paz's biggest 
university, the leader of the workers guilds, the leader of 
the federation of campesinos (farmers), a member of the La 
Paz council, and other community groups.  The crowd consists 
of union workers, cocaleros, and community groups from all 
corners of the department: in a surprise showing, an 
indigenous group from Santa Cruz is also supporting the La 
Paz cause.  The cooperative (private) miners who marched on 
La Paz over the past three days (ref B) have remained in some 
numbers and are also participating, peacefully, in the 
demonstration.  As is common with Bolivian street gatherings, 
travel in El Alto is impeded (although not impossible), and 
one road between the airport and La Paz has been kept open. 
A number of institutions, including some government offices 
and banks, are closed in La Paz, and most of El Alto is shut 
down. 
 
------------------------------ 
Attendance Strongly Encouraged 
------------------------------ 
 
2.  To increase participation in the demonstration (cabildo), 
public transportation companies offered free rides to the 
site of the gathering.  The La Paz prefecture reportedly sent 
200 trucks into the interior to transport campesinos into the 
city, ensuring greater rural attendance.  The Ministry of 
Labor announced "tolerance" for the day, allowing more public 
workers to attend the cabildo by not penalizing absence from 
work (i.e. public employees are being paid to attend the 
cabildo).  Some private companies provided transportation for 
their employees and also clothing such as hats or shirts with 
pro-La Paz slogans and the company name.  A number of 
publicly-owned garbage trucks were fitted with megaphones and 
circled the city encouraging attendance.  (Note:  Emboff saw 
an official car, possibly of a ministry, stop a half-filled 
bus and force the driver to take on more passengers on the 
way to El Alto.)  Although the GOB is maintaining distance 
from the event, President Morales is reportedly providing two 
helicopters to the press to facilitate filming of the event, 
and state television has been covering the event extensively. 
 Neither the President nor Vice President is in attendance, 
despite their preference for maintaining the capital in La 
Paz.  Elected leaders, such as La Paz Prefect Jose Luis 
Paredes and La Paz Major Juan del Granado, attended but did 
not speak. 
 
----------------- 
Security Measures 
----------------- 
 
3.  The council of the department of La Paz issued a 
resolution to prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol 
between midnight July 19 and midnight July 20 in all of the 
department of La Paz. Participants in the cabildo met at a 
number of pre-determined "concentration points" and began 
marching toward the ultimate destination, in the center of El 
Alto, from 7:00am July 20.  The crowds are large (though 
probably less than the official estimate of 2 million), and 
thus far the march has been without major incident (one 
injury has been reported due to a falling street-light). 
 
Although officially the police blocked vehicle traffic on 
some roads to protect pedestrians, Emboffs noted that minibus 
and taxi-drivers used La Paz flags as a sort of "pass": 
flag-waving and slogan-shouting passengers seem to be enough 
to persuade the police to let cars pass. 
 
-------------------------------- 
Infrastructure and Interruptions 
-------------------------------- 
 
4.  From 10:00am on, many of the streets of El Alto were so 
filled with people as to be impassable by vehicles, and 
cell-phone coverage was saturated to the point that most 
calls could not get through.  Access from the El Alto airport 
to La Paz was controlled by the police (who removed their 
cordon upon request.)  The feel of the event is a combination 
of protest and street fair.  Almost all business in the 
center of La Paz is shut down, with even small-vendors 
shuttering their stands instead of trying to sell to the 
passing crowds. The official speeches ended at 2:30pm, and 
the crowds are slowly dispersing from El Alto although the 
streets are likely to be congested for many hours.  As of 
3:00pm the southern section of La Paz was practically empty, 
but the lines of vehicles that this morning took residents to 
El Alto will soon be returning. 
 
---------------- 
Politics at Play 
---------------- 
 
5.  The official state information source (ABI) has reported 
that members of the militant red ponchos group pulled the 
head of the National Unity Party (UN) Samuel Doria Medina 
from the speakers' platform to cries of "neo-liberal", 
reportedly in an attempt to avoid "politicization" of the 
event.  La Paz Prefect Jose Luis Paredes was also reportedly 
barred from the official platform, and instead stood in the 
front row of the crowd, waving a Bolivian flag. 
 
6.  Embassy La Paz will follow up with a post-cabildo 
analysis cable. 
GOLDBERG