CSCIB | |
Location Country: | Bolivia |
Affiliation: | COB |
Full Name: | Syndicalist Confederation of Intercultural Communities of Bolivia |
Native Name: | Confederación Sindical de Comunidades Interculturales de Bolivia |
Founded: | February 18, 1971 |
Headquarters: | La Paz, Bolivia |
Key People: | Pedro Calderón, executive secretary |
Website: | http://www.cscbbol.org/ |
The Syndicalist Confederation of Intercultural Communities of Bolivia (Spanish; Castilian: 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 Syndicalist Confederation of Colonizers of Bolivia (Spanish; Castilian: Confederación Sindical de Colonizadores de Bolivia).[1] 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.
In its most recent Ordinary National Conference, held in August 2010 in Ivirgarzama, Cochabamba, CSCIB elected the following leaders:
Prior leaders include Fidel Surco (2007-August 2010) from Alto Beni, La Paz.