“The people have demanded immediate attention to the resolutions of this assembly, but at the same time, we have many sectors mobilized, we have decided on an indefinite general strike,” COB Executive Secretary Mario Argollo stated after the assembly held in El Alto city.

Argollo pointed out that the decision is an act of solidarity with the mobilized sectors, such as the indigenous people marching from Pando and Beni to La Paz against Law 1720, which establishes the conversion of smallholdings of productive land to medium-sized holdings and the possibility of mortgaging them.

The critics of this legislation believe it opens the door to the expansion of large landholdings.

He also remembered that the prices of basic goods are not decreasing and, despite the elimination of the subsidy, the fuel being sold is of poor quality and continues to damage engines.

Members of the COB reaffirmed, during the town hall meeting, their demand for a 20 percent increase in the national minimum wage and basic salary.

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