Bolivian Gas War protests of 2003

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The Bolivian Gas War protests of 2003 were a massive social uprising against plans to export Bolivia’s natural gas, which led to deadly clashes, the resignation of President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, and a major shift in the country’s political landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political crisis ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ
social conflict ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
endTime 2003-10 ⓘ
hasCause longstanding social and economic inequality in Bolivia ⓘ
neoliberal economic policies in Bolivia ⓘ
plans to export Bolivian natural gas via Chilean ports ⓘ
public opposition to foreign control of natural gas resources ⓘ
historicalContext indigenous mobilization in the Andes ⓘ
post-1985 neoliberal reforms in Bolivia ⓘ
location Altiplano region ⓘ
Cochabamba ⓘ
El Alto ⓘ
La Paz ⓘ
mainDemand greater state control over hydrocarbons sector ⓘ
nationalization of natural gas resources ⓘ
rejection of gas export plan through Chile ⓘ
method general strikes ⓘ
mass demonstrations ⓘ
occupation of public spaces ⓘ
road blockades ⓘ
numberOfDeaths approximately 60 ⓘ
numberOfInjured hundreds ⓘ
opposedBy Bolivian National Police ⓘ
Bolivian armed forces ⓘ
Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada government ⓘ
opposedTo export of Bolivian gas through Chile to the United States and Mexico ⓘ
participant Evo Morales ⓘ
Felipe Quispe ⓘ
Movimiento al Socialismo ⓘ
cocalero movements ⓘ
indigenous Aymara communities ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ
urban residents of El Alto ⓘ
relatedTo Bolivian Water War ⓘ
Bolivian political crisis of 2003–2005 ⓘ
result Bolivian Hydrocarbons Law reforms in mid-2000s ⓘ
delegitimization of traditional political parties in Bolivia ⓘ
increased political prominence of Evo Morales ⓘ
later nationalization of gas industry under Evo Morales ⓘ
radicalization of Bolivian social movements ⓘ
resignation of President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada ⓘ
strengthening of Movimiento al Socialismo ⓘ
succession of Vice President Carlos Mesa to the presidency ⓘ
significance catalyst for the rise of Evo Morales to the presidency in 2006 ⓘ
turning point in Bolivia’s hydrocarbons policy ⓘ
startTime 2003-09 ⓘ

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El Alto → linkedToEvent → Bolivian Gas War protests of 2003 ⓘ
Cochabamba Water War → followedBy → Bolivian Gas War ⓘ
linked to: Bolivian Gas War protests of 2003
Bolivian Gas War protests of 2003 → relatedTo → Bolivian political crisis of 2003–2005 ⓘ
linked to: Bolivian Gas War protests of 2003