Strike 3

Today is the 3rd strike of the school year. Five states, not just Santa Cruz, are involved so this one is pretty big. There are a lot of issues in Bolivia at the moment, land reform being probably the biggest. This is what today's strike is about. Evo's land reform act involves taking private land and giving out to the indigenous poor of the country. Obviously the people who currently own the land do not want it siezed and given away. Can't really blame them. This is also causing a lot of serious environmental problems. In an effort to make their land look used, in hopes of not having it taken away by the government, thousands of acres of land are being deforrested. It is all a very sad and devastating business. So as nice as it is to have the day off work, it isn't worth it when it means bad news for the country as a whole.