The union of miners in Bolivia threatened the country's authorities with a social explosion

The Bolivian Federation of Miners threatened the Government with social upheaval if the current authorities continued to delay the organization of the electoral process in the country. This was reported on June 19 by the local newspaper El Deber. According to the press secretary of the federation, Orlando Gutierrez, the acting president, Jeanine Nunes, has two options for the development of events, either in the near future to schedule democratic elections on September 6 of this year, or to receive a popular uprising. Either you go to democratic elections, or you face a social explosion, he said. It is also noted that Bolivian miners are most repugnant for the loans that the current government is requesting from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and with the help of which foreign capital will be able to stabilize both the working class and the whole country. In addition, the spokeswoman for the federation indicated that union members would protect their inalienable rights despite the pandemic. COVID-19 Note, as reported by the news agency, on June 17, the acting Bolivian president, Jeanine Agnes, expressed a proposal to hold general elections in Bolivia not on September 6, as the parliament decided, but at a later date.