BOLIVIA: 19 April UPDATE: After 11 Days, Wage Protests End...With 11% Increase.

NTDTV/ 2:02 video with :30 advert of El Alto clash/ Original Link/

    After 11 days of clashes over wages throughout Bolivia, trade unions agreed to end their general strike.
   They will accept the government's slightly improved offer of an 11%  pay increase for 2011.
     Stone-throwing protesters  had blocked La Paz's main streets for days in clashes with police lobbing tear-gas.
    Teachers and health workers had demanded a 15% pay increase to keep up with food inflation.
     Protests and blockades were also reported in Cochabamba, Santa Cruz and Tarija.
    In El Alto, 5,000 teachers clashed for 5 hours with 700 police. Four protestors were injured.
   19 APRIL UPDATE:
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