ILLEGAL BOLIVIAN ELECTION
The election which Victor Paz Estenssoro won:May 31 strengthened his position but heightened social tension in Bolivia. He was unopposed, since the opposition withdrew, calling for a boycott on the grounds that the re-election was unconstitutional, Paz doctored the constitution two years ago to make it legal to succeed himself,
Former Vice=President Juan Lechin and former President Hornan Siles Suazo staged a hunger strike over the election results, They ended it after five days, announcing that they had achieved their aim of Navoiding violence,
Students in La Paz protested in a more vigorous way, They |. erected barricades in front of the University. This demonstration: was broken up by the police,
The miners at the Siglo XX mine decided.to declare the mine zone a "free territory" no longer under government authority, They called for abrogation of a decree on imports from the United States and declared a state of "permanent alert,"