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Bolivia: 4 Injured in Clash Between Miners

Categories: Latin America, Bolivia, Breaking News, Citizen Media, Economics & Business, Labor, Protest, War & Conflict

Clashes between private cooperative miners from the La Paz Departmental Federation of Mining Cooperatives (Fedecomin in Spanish) and unionised miners from the state-run Bolivian Mining Corporation (Comibol in Spanish) are reported from downtown La Paz, Bolivia's seat of Government. The confronted groups [1] are attacking each other using dynamite. Four injured have been reported so far. Hashtag #ConflictosBolivia [2]is following the events.