On Tuesday, February 6, 2007, parts of the Bolivian region of La Paz were brought to a standstill as 20,000 miners took to the roads and streets to protest a tax hike to the Complementary Mining Tax (ICM) by the Morales government.
On Tuesday, February 6, 2007, portions of Bolivia's La Paz region were halted as 20,000 miners took to the streets and roads to protest a tax increase on the Complementary Mining Tax (ICM) by the Morales administration.