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#BoliviaEnCrisis A very significant share of El Alto residents are breaking away from the anti-coup blockading effort. Página Siete reports 200 neighborhoods (it's a very large city and these are small units). paginasiete.bo/nacional/2019/11/19/200-barrios-de-el-alto-no-acatan-paro-gremiales-piden-trabajar-237821.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebookPermalink On twitter.com
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The more pro-Evo La Razón reported over the weekend, "The lootings divided many neighborhoods. Hence, in many sectors, it was decided not to march or blockade." and cited a number of sectors countermobilizing: la-razon.com/nacional/Divergencias-surgen-El_Alto-respecto-movilizaciones_0_3258874098.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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Local El Alteño reports that 238 neighborhood meetings decided to not mobilize in blockades or marches convened by Evo Morales' Movement Towards Socialism. elalteno.com.bo/ciudad/20191119/vecinos-de-238-zonas-deciden-no-acatar-bloqueosPermalink On twitter.com
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El Alteño quotes an anonymous Río Seco resident: “No vamos a salir más. Los vecinos de El Alto no respondemos a los partidos políticos y menos a dirigentes, queremos paz y trabajar tranquilos”Permalink On twitter.com
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El Alteño quotes an anonymous Río Seco resident: “We're not going out [to protest] any more. The neighbors of El Alto do not respond to political parties, and even less to leaders. We want peace and to [go back to] work in calm."Permalink On twitter.com
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Part of the strain, El Alteño reports, is two weeks of maintaining local neighborhood blockades and vigils, through which local communities try to ward off "looting by vandals concealing themselves within the mobilizations."Permalink On twitter.com
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These fears stem from the arson attacks on "housing, and the public and private offices of vendors … who resisted the calls for marches."Permalink On twitter.com
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Interpretation: The initial response to Evo Morales' overthrow by the most militant protesters was to both attack police installations and declare a with-us-or-against us strategy of attacking those who didn't mobilize.Permalink On twitter.com
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This, on top of a long history of partisan division, has alienated a large and increasingly visible sector of Alteños, who first focused on defending their neighborhoods and now are countermobilizing.Permalink On twitter.com
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It's not clear how broad this initial strategy was, or how many lateral attacks on fellow Alteños are continuing, and the anti-coup mobilizations seem more focused on blockades than arson in recent days.Permalink On twitter.com
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Still the effect is that even as rural blockades (and the largely rural-staffed blockade at Senkata) may ramp up, much of the pivotal city of El Alto is calling for peace and demobilization.Permalink On twitter.com
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Here's my narrative explanation through the weekend: woborders.blog/2019/11/18/division-el-alto/On twitter.com
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And yes, if Alteños were largely unifying in a mass mobilization against the Añez government, I would be tweeting about that instead.Permalink On twitter.com