On mid-August there was a 24-hour violent general strike in the Departments of Pando, Beni, Santa Cruz, Tarija, and Chuquisaca to protest gas revenue sharing with the central government.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Crisis in Morales' Bolivia

The opposition complains that it was illegal for Morales to issue a decree to hold a referendum on the draft constitution instead of having it approved by Congress, as stipulated by the constitution and the Governors from Santa Cruz, Tarija, and Chuquisaca declared themselves "on a war footing" (en pie de Guerra in Spanish) against any attempt to approve the governmental constitutional.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Crisis in Morales�� Bolivia