Bolivian fight over privatisation continues

Billionaire Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, during his second presidential administration, attempts to continue privatizations. Unions and indigenists form the Estado Mayor del Pueblo, led by Evo Morales of the coca farmers union, Jaime Solares of the mine workers, Felipe Quispe of rural workers. The movements demand the renationalization of natural resources and a return to some of the policies of the 1952 revolution. During the demonstrations, dozens of people were killed, but the groups kept shutting down the major cities. Sanchez de Lozada fled to the United States, and his Vice President took charge.