Pointing to documents obtained by the federal intelligence service, officials in La Paz last week said a group from the lowland city of Santa Cruz had elaborated a plan to sabotage the Constitution assembly, stoke regional tension and initiate protests to topple Mr. Morales.
Mr Almasmari said the opposition had decided to initiate protests against the president because "they felt that all chances of a dialogue with the ruling party are vanishing".
Whether or not this type of mechanism is effective depends on the size of the cost investors incur when they express demands, initiate protests, or organize appeals (any method by which they try to protect their legal rights).
In 1957, commune members in Ninghai initiated protests; 51 agricultural communes were disbanded and 42 communes were nearly disbanded (Codification Committee of Ninghai County 1993, 180).
This is done through supervision, rewards and punishments, along with the ability of investors to resist, through for example, initiating protests or complaints and appeals, any corrupt behavior that the local government may display against their property rights.
Since June 2, when the price of public transportation in São Paulo, Brazil, rose from R$3 to R$3.20, the Free Pass Movement has initiated protests that have turned into a wave of revolt.
"The crystal-New Age generation finds it mystical and romantic to identify with indigenous people and music, and there's a danger there," says Vernon Bellecourt, president of the National Coalition of Racism in Sports and the Media, which initiated protests against the Atlanta Braves fans' "tomahawk chop" and other misuses of Native American symbology.
In the end, Mr. Goldstein agreed not to file any lawsuits or to initiate any protests, but retained the right to attend events and to keep criticizing Atlantic Yards.
The demonstration dispersed, but a few people gathered in a nearby plaza and initiated a protest against his regime, causing the dictator to flee.
Four years later, the NYU chapter of Free Culture initiated a protest against DRM, the rights management technology used to prevent sharing and copying of digital materials.
