2011-04-01

Confederación Sindical de Colonizadores de Bolivia

Syndicalist Confederation of Intercultural Communities of Bolivia

CSCIB
Syndicalist Confederation of Intercultural Communities of Bolivia
Confederación Sindical de Comunidades Interculturales de Bolivia
Founded February 18, 1971
Country Bolivia
Affiliation COB
Key people
Office location La Paz, Bolivia
Website http://www.cscbbol.org/

The Syndicalist Confederation of Intercultural Communities of Bolivia (Spanish: Confederación Sindical de Comunidades Interculturales de Bolivia; CSCIB) is a peasant union of rural communities in the lowlands of Bolivia whose members included people of highland origin. It is led by Pedro Calderón and includes federations in six departments: La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Tarija, Chuquisaca, and Beni. It was founded on February 18, 1971 as the Bolivian Syndicalist Confederation of Colonizers (Spanish: Confederación Sindical de Colonizadores de Bolivia). At the time, its independence from the government represented a defiant break from the so-called Military-Peasant Pact.

The Confederation is a founding member of the National Coordination for Change (CONALCAM). Its leader from 2007 to 2010, Fidel Surco, became president of CONALCAM as well as a Senator in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly.

Leadership

In its most recent Ordinary National Conference, held in August 2010 in Ivirgarzama, Cochabamba, CSCIB elected the following leaders:

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