SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1000 HOURS LOCAL TIME

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06725098
• 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 18, 2003

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18HNF4_SUBJ: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1000 HOURS LOCAL
TIME
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Coverage:
CIA Country Code: BOL
Region: AMERICAS, BOLIVIA
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
WarningsSiNE) CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE
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(S//NF) 3. AS OF 1000, THE MAIN ROAD TO THE EL ALTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM
LA PAZ WAS FREE OF PROTESTORS, ALTHOUGH REMNANTS OF BLOCKADES FROM THE
LAST FIVE DAYS MAKE DRIVING SLOW. ROCKS, LAMP POSTS, BURNT VEHICLES AND
BROKEN GLASS LITTER THE ROAD IN MANY PLACES. AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY
OF EL ALTO, PROTESTORS KNOCKED AT LEAST SIX RAILROAD CARS FROM A BRIDGE,
AND TRAFFIC HAS TO PASS THROUGH ONE NARROW LANE. THE AIRPORT HAS NOT YET
RESUMED CIVIL AVIATION OPERATIONS, ALTHOUGH LOCAL AIRLINES WILL TRY TO
SCHEDULE LIMITED DOMESTIC FLIGHTS DURING THE AFTERNOON OF 18 OCTOBER.
4000-5000 PEOPLE WERE CONGREGATED IN THE PLAZA SAN FRANCISCO AREA OF LA
PAZ, CELEBRATING WHAT THEY TERMED THEIR "VICTORY" AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
MANY OF THESE MARCHERS PLANNED TO CONDUCT A PEACEFUL, CELEBRATOR(b)(1)
MARCH TO THE PLAZA MURILLO, WHERE THE GOVERNMENTAL LOCA1(b)(3)
THERE WAS NO :'OLICE PRESENCE IN DOWNTOWN LA PAZ.
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(S//NF) 4. CARLOS MESA, BOLIVIA'S NEW PRESIDENT IS A CAREER J(b)(3)IALIST AND
INTELLECTUAL. THE VICE-PRESIDENCY WAS MESA'S FIRST TIME IN ELECTIVE OFFICE,
AND HE WAS PLACED THERE BY SANCHEZ DE LOZADA, WHO HAD SUPPORTED MESA
AND THE TELEVISION STATION MESA OWNS. MANY BOLIVIAN OBSERVERS BELIEVE
MESA WILL BE A WEAK AND INEFFECTIVE PRESIDENT. HE HAS NO POLITICAL BASE, AND
WILL PROBABLY BE FORCED TO CALL EARLY ELECTIONS PRIOR TO THE NEXT
SCHEDULED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN 2007. ALTHOUGH MESA HAS NOT MADE ANY
ANNOUNCEMENTS ON WHO WILL FORM HIS CABINET, HE DID STATE THAT HE PLANS TO
PLACE INDEPENDENTS AND TECHNOCRATS IN SENIOR ADMINISTRATION POSITIONS,
RATHER THAN POLITICIANS MEDIA REPORTS.) (b)(1)
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Collection: CC
Creator:
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
Description: (U) NONE
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Language: en
Precedence: 0
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Source Context: (S//NF) See below.
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