national strike continues in Chile and the injury is great for Bolivia

ABI: BOLIVIA-CHILE national strike continues in Chile and the injury is great for Bolivia

La Paz, November 7 (ABI) .- The strike and demonstrations of state workers in Chile continues this week demanding a wage adjustment, while the damage becomes large for carriers and exporters of Bolivia, who can not reach Chilean Pacific ports from the previous month, according toindustry sources.      "national strike continues on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 November in order to keep pressure on the government and Congress , " said a statement from the national Association of Fiscal employees (ANEF).      "We call to strengthen actions to maintain our mobilization" emphasizes the press Anef its members.      Meanwhile, Bolivian trade associations and foreign transportation of Bolivia reported that its traders lose, by day, million dollars because of strikes and grows as a "snowball", according to the director of the Administrative Port Services of Bolivia (ASPB), David Sanchez. He      also said that the losses are greater fines sector Bolivian exporter must pay to vessels from other countries that dock in Arica and its partners.      the Attorney General and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia will form a joint committee to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the Government of Chile for breach of the Treaty of 1904, which provides for free transit for Bolivian commerce through Chilean ports.      the Treaty of 1904, signed after Chilean invasion and subsequent war of 1879 ended by curtailing to Bolivia its maritime quality, guarantees free transit trade export and import.  rm / ABI