Autonomy and Indigenous self-government

Timeline: Santa Cruz / eastern Bolivian autonomy projects

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  1. · Referendum or popular consultation

    Santa Cruz autonomy referendum, 2008

    Santa Cruz voters strongly backed departmental autonomy in a referendum the national electoral authority ruled illegal.

    Significance here: The most significant documented democratic expression of the eastern Bolivian autonomy movement, though not recognised by Bolivia's national electoral authority.

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