Bolivian Interior Minister Alfredo Rada said Sunday that the autonomy referendum for the country's richest province Santa Cruz failed completely, according to news reaching here from Bolivia's capital La Paz.
The autonomy vote failed because it divided the people of Santa Cruz (in the east of Bolivia), with violent action at voting centers, Rada said at a press conference.
Rada said violence between supporters of President Evo Morales and his opponents have left at least one person dead and 30 injured.
Over 930,000 voters from Santa Cruz were called to participate in the referendum that aimed to seek greater political and economic autonomy from the government.
But the vote was considered by the government of President Morales as illegal and contrary to the constitution.
Source:Xinhua
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