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Viewing cable 07LAPAZ411, CEJIS: LEFTIST LAND LAWYERS' INFLUENCE IN THE GOB

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07LAPAZ411 2007-02-15 11:16 2011-08-26 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy La Paz
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P 151116Z FEB 07
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2489
INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 6542
RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 3865
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 7750
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 4995
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 2234
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA 2330
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 3320
RUEHMN/AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO 4410
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 4877
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 9465
RUEHSM/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM 0165
RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 0746
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHINGTON DC
RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC
RHMFIUU/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
RUMIAAA/USCINCSO MIAMI FL
RUEHUB/USINT HAVANA 0150
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS LA PAZ 000411 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR WHA/AND 
TREASURY FOR SGOOCH 
ENERGY FOR CDAY AND SLADISLAW 
LIMA FOR EPHILHOWER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI BL
SUBJECT: CEJIS: LEFTIST LAND LAWYERS' INFLUENCE IN THE GOB 
 
REF: A. 2006 LA PAZ 1517 
 
     B. 2006 LA PAZ 3244 
 
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Summary 
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1. (SBU) Three former employees of the Center for Legal 
Studies and Social Research (CEJIS), a non-profit 
organization in Santa Cruz working to promote indigenous land 
rights, were named members of the GOB's cabinet in January, 
indicating the government's focus on land reform.  A CEJIS 
representative said that the new land reform law passed in 
November (ref B) "opened the dykes" for free access to land 
and argued that the changes would benefit the people who work 
the land and help resolve social inequities.  CEJIS' next 
step will be to work with Constituent Assembly members to 
promote constitutional reforms, including the creation of 
indigenous territorial entities that would have their own 
governmental and legal systems, without the interference of 
departmental governments.  End summary. 
 
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CEJIS Affiliates Join GOB Cabinet 
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2. (SBU) The Center for Legal Studies and Social Research 
(CEJIS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1978 in Santa 
Cruz to promote human rights and democracy.  Since 1985, the 
organization has focused on indigenous land rights, offering 
legal aid for titling procedures, and drafting proposals for 
legal reform.  The organization receives funding from the 
European Union, Holland, Sweden, and Oxfam International.  On 
January 23, President Morales named seven new members to his 
16 person cabinet.  Two of the new members -- Minister of 
Government Alfredo Rada and Minister of Rural Development 
Susana Rivero -- plus existing Mining Minister Guillermo 
Dalence were previously affiliated with CEJIS.  The inclusion 
of three CEJIS affiliates as cabinet members indicates the 
government's focus on land reform issues.  Another CEJIS 
affiliate, Carlos Romero, heads the Constituent Assembly's 
Commission on Natural Resources, Land, and Territory. 
 
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Violent Tendencies on Both Sides 
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3. (SBU) CEJIS has close links with the Landless Movement 
(Movimiento Sin Tierra), which has frequently been involved 
in violent clashes with land-owners resulting from movement 
members' attempts to take over lands by physically occupying 
them.  Amnesty International reports that CEJIS lawyers, 
including Tamburini, have been threatened and harassed by the 
police and cattle ranchers when attempting to provide legal 
services to local indigenous communities and migrant 
peasants.  It is unclear if CEJIS supports the use of 
violence as a means to an end, but several posters of Che 
Guevara hanging in its office suggest that it supports a 
revolutionary approach. 
 
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CEJIS Involved in GOB Land Reforms 
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4. (SBU) In a meeting on February 8, CEJIS President Leonardo 
Tamburini told Econoff that the organization was involved in 
negotiating the seven decrees issued by the GOB in June 2006 
to redistribute 4 million hectares of government land (ref A) 
and the revisions to the land reform (INRA) law that were 
passed by congress in November 2006 (ref B).  He  said that 
the productive sector had been involved in negotiating the 
reforms, but that large landowners had politicized the 
process and stopped discussions. 
 
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INRA Law Reforms "Opened the Dykes" for Redistribution 
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5. (SBU) Tamburini described the INRA law reforms as "opening 
the dykes for free access to land," as now there are three 
tools for accessing land -- titling, reversion of 
unproductive properties (which could benefit migrant, western 
indigenous people), and expropriation of properties, with 
compensation, for the benefit of the original, eastern 
indigenous inhabitants.  He explained that the World Bank Pro 
Tierras program would provide funds for indemnifying property 
owners.  The changes, he argued, would benefit the people who 
work the land and help resolve social inequities.  He 
indicated that CEJIS was in line with the government's idea 
that only work, capital investment, or social purposes should 
entitle one to land rights, not merely paying taxes. 
 
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Legal Reforms Not Yet Implemented 
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6. (SBU) Tamburini said that the government has granted 
collective titles to three indigenous groups, based on the 
June decrees, but has not completed the redistribution of 
government lands and has not begun implementing the reforms 
to the INRA law.  The government is now drafting implementing 
regulations for the law, he explained.  He said that the 
government is also adjusting the forestry regulations to 
decrease asymmetries of access and distribution.  In addition 
to changes in the legal framework, the GOB's agrarian 
revolution also includes efforts to open markets for small 
producers -- he cited the People's Trade Agreement with 
Venezuela -- and provide low-interest rate credit through 
Venezuelan capital.  He said that two communities in rural 
Santa Cruz had already made sales based on the trade 
agreement.  (Note: Officials from the Santa Cruz Agriculture 
Chamber told Econoff in September that the Venezuelan 
government had purchased roughly one percent of total soy 
production, although it planned to buy another 8 percent, but 
that the soy was purchased for above market prices from small 
producers who supported the GOB, creating disruptions in the 
local grain market.  End note.) 
 
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CEJIS' Proposals for Constitution 
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7. (SBU) Tamburini said that CEJIS' next step would be to 
work with Constituent Assembly members to promote 
constitutional reforms.  CEJIS promotes the creation of 
indigenous territorial entities that would have their own 
governmental and legal systems (somewhat like reservations), 
without the interference of departmental governments. 
Tamburini said that in addition to these special territories, 
private, individual lands for personal and business uses 
would continue to coexist.  Natural resources below the 
ground would continue to belong to the state; however, 
indigenous people living in effected areas should be 
consulted regarding hydrocarbons and mining projects.  CEJIS 
also promotes the reform of the regulatory system through the 
creation of administrative tribunals, like the agrarian 
tribunals created by the INRA law reforms (ref B).  CEJIS 
also supports clauses in the new constitution that would 
promote food sovereignty and ban the production of 
genetically-modified food.  (Note: GMO soy is currently being 
produced in Santa Cruz based on a decree issued by President 
Mesa authorizing the production.  End note.) 
 
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Comment 
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8. (SBU) The small NGO CEJIS, with its humble office in Santa 
Cruz, seems to exercise disproportionate power over GOB 
planning and ideology.  The government's inclusion of three 
former CEJIS employees in the cabinet suggests that land 
reform and the redistribution of properties will be an 
important focus of the government this year.  CEJIS' proposed 
constitutional reforms seem to be in line with the 
government's thinking, and thus, may indicate the changes 
that are to come in the areas of land dominion, regulation of 
natural resource industries, and food sovereignty.  End 
comment. 
GOLDBERG