More on the bombs
- 22 Mar 06, 07:09 PM
The police have arrested two people - a US man and a Uruguayan woman - for the bombings. On TV here the foreign minister has accused the perpetrators of being neo-liberals and terrorists. Evo Morales, in Santa Cruz, has made a statement condemning the attacks as a provocation. Yet there is still a possibility that this could be the result of a drug war: it has not been confirmed by any police source that the explosive used was C4 (the military high explosive). However the scope of the damage to the hotel in the town centre suggests it was a big explosion...
Terrorist attacks are almost unknown here. There have been a spate of false alarms all day. However if this is confirmed as terrorism then the obvious target is the Day of the Sea parade, due to take place tomorrow. Evo Morales will head the parade and it is set to turn into the first big celebration of the MAS regime using the pageantry of state since the inaguration. There have been headlines in the past few days warning of a crackdown on "coup plotters". I am off to the police press conference right now.
