Bolivia: Information on links between the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) and student groups, 1986-1987
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | BOL13083 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Bolivia: Information on links between the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) and student groups, 1986-1987, 1 March 1993, BOL13083, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab8710.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Information referring to direct links between the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) and student groups could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB. Trotskyist student leaders, however, are reported to be sympathetic to the miners' labour demands and actions (The Los Angeles Times 29 Aug. 1986), with one source stating that student unions support unconditionally the COB's fights (Andean Commission of Jurists 4 May 1987, 2). The attached section from the Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1988 reports on the influence of the Communist Party of Bolivia (PCB) on the COB (pages 41 and 42). The same report names the Communist Youth of Bolivia as an auxiliary organization of the PCB (Staar 1988, 40). The document, however, does not specify which student groups, if any, are linked to the Communist Youth of Bolivia.
Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.
References
Andean Commission of Jurists. 4 May 1987. Andean Newsletter [Lima]. No. 7. "Union Protests."
The Los Angeles Times. 29 August 1986. Home Edition. "Bolivia Imposes State of Siege; March Halted; Union Leaders Jailed as Strikers Protest Plan to Shut State-Run Mines." (NEXIS)
Staar, Richard F., ed. 1988. Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1988: Parties and Revolutionary Movement s. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press.
Attachments
The Los Angeles Times. 29 August 1986. Home Edition. "Bolivia Imposes State of Siege; March Halted; Union Leaders Jailed as Strikers Protest Plan to Shut State-Run Mines." (NEXIS)
Staar, Richard F., ed. 1988. Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1988: Parties and Revolutionary Movement s. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, pp. 40-43.