LA PAZ, Oct 16.— President Evo Morales said on Wednesday that Bolivia will not kneel down to the United States so that country extends the preferential tariff law that benefits Bolivian commerce with 63 million dollars.

"We can’t kneel down for 63 million dollars," said Morales during the opening in La Paz of a textile factory that will be administered by workers. He explained the economics of the US law for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, reported AFP.

The US Senate decided in previous days that Peru and Colombia would benefit for another year, Ecuador for a year, but with a revision after six months, and Bolivia for six months, which could be extended for six more, although it must be approved by the House of Representatives.

The relations between La Paz and Washington are at an all-time low after the expulsion of US Ambassador Philip Goldberg at the beginning of September for conspiring against the Morales government.

MARCH FOR THE NEW CONSTITUTION

Farmers, indigenous peoples and retirees are among the groups of Bolivians that joined the march scheduled to arrive on Monday to La Paz to demand a referendum on the new constitution, reported Prensa Latina.

The march with around 12,000 participants began Monday in the Altiplano community of Caracollo and passed through the towns of Panduro and Lahuachaca. It is expected to grow further in the coming days.