also based from the highlands. Another smaller more radical group called the "Landless Peasant Movement" (MST) which is somewhat similar to the Landless Workers' Movement in Brazil, and is composed mainly of immigrants from the western part of the country. Recently, Guaraní Indians from this group have taken oil fields run by Spain's Repsol YPF and the United Kingdom's BP and have forced them to stop production. Felipe Quispe and peasant farmers Felipe Quispe was a Aymara leader who wished to return control of the country from what he saw as the "white elite" to the indigenous people who make up the majority of the country's population. Therefore, he was in favor of an independent "Aymaran state". Quispe is the leader of the Pachakutik Indigenous Movement, that won six seats in the Congress and the secretary general of the United Peasants Union of Bolivia in the 2002 Bolivian elections. See also Cochabamba anti-privatization protests Geology of Bolivia Bolivian gas referendum, 2004 References External links Democracy in Crisis in Latin America. Bolivia and Venezuela Test the International Community's Democratic Commitment, SWP-Comments 26/2005 (June 2005) Bolivia's top Court chief takes Presidency AP (Yahoo news) Main Protest Groups in Bolivia Turning Gas into Development in Bolivia from Dollars & Sense magazine Bolivia Information Forum Information on oil and gas in Bolivia The Distribution of Bolivia’s Most Important Natural Resources and the Autonomy Conflicts Center for Economic and Policy Research Black October , Miami New Times Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia’s Challenge to Globalization – video report on Democracy Now! โบลิเวียโมเดล กับ การปฎิรูปพลังงานไทย สร้างความมั่นคงทางพลังงานให้กับประเทศจริงหรือ? - in Thai Pantip'' 21st-century conflicts Politics of Bolivia Protests in Bolivia Natural gas in Bolivia Evo Morales Bolivia–Chile relations Natural resource conflicts Energy policy 2000s in Bolivia