Today there have been positive reports of an agreement outlining a process for further negotiations. It seems encouraging that despite some really inflammatory rhetoric in the past week the two sides appear to be stepping back from the brink of violence and making attempts to talk it out. Hopefully that can continue. There have been calls for peace and dialog from numerous organizations within Bolivia (MCC signed onto an open letter of that nature in the newspaper last week), and there is significant international support for this as well.
Again today, we have felt completely safe and life went on as normal except that schools were still closed. Maybe tomorrow!
Two articles if you'd like more details:
BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7619853.stm
CNN - http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/17/bolivia.agreement/
Lynn
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