SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1100 HOURS LOCAL TIME

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06725096
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2019
• Case Number: F-2017-00712
• Publication Date: October 16, 2003

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Classification Reason: UNSPECIFIED
Declassify On: X5
-1SitNF-) SUBJ: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1100 HOURS LOCAL
TIME
Identifiers:
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Dates:
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Coverage:
CIA Country Code: BOL
Region: AMERICAS, BOLIVIA
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
Warningst4F,). CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE
(U) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
(U) INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE REPORT CLASS S
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(U) REPORT CLASS S E E T--NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS-
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MESSAGE-STeREL_
�(6414E).1. IN A NATIONALLY TELEVISED SPEECH ON THE EVENING OF 15 OCTOBER,
BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT GONZALO ((SANCHEZ DE LOZADA)) MADE THREE MAJOR
CONCESSIONS TO ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTORS. THE PRESIDENT AGREED TO
HOLD A REFERENDUM ON THE SALE OF LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS, MODIFY THE
BOLIVIAN HYDRO CARBONS LAW AND EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF MODIFYING THE
BOLIVIAN CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW FOR A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY. (b)(1)
COMMENT: A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY IS CALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHANGING (b)(3)
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THE EXISTING CONSTITUTION OR CREATING A NEW ONE.) ON 16 OCTOBER 2003,
MOVEMENT TOWARDS SOCIALISM (MAS) PARTY LEADER EVO ((MORALES)) AYMA GAVE
A PRESS CONFERENCE AND STATED THAT MAS AND THE BOLIVIAN PEOPLE DID NOT
ACCEPT THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSALS. (MEDIA REPORTS)
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(S//NF) 4. THE ROAD FROM LA PAZ TO THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN EL ALTO
REMAINED CLOSED BY PROTESTORS. FOOD AND GASOLINE ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY IN
LA PAZ AND MOST STORES REMAINED CLOSED ON 15 AND 16 OCTOBER. A PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION STRIKE IS STILL IN EFFECT AND BUSES ARE NOT OPERATING IN LA
PAZ. VERY LIMITED TAXI SERVICE IS AVAILABLE, BUT MOST STREETS ARE DESERT7,
WITH ONLY A FEW PEDESTRIANS ON THE STREETS. (b)(1)
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Collection: CC
Creator:
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
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Description: (U) NONE.
Language: en
Precedence: 0
Source:
Source Description: (S//NF) SEE BELOW.
Source Context: (S//NF) See below.
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Subject: None
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