PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE IN FIRST SOUNDBITE<br/> <br />Disabled protesters fighting plans to cut their benefits stage what they called a mock crucifixion outside the Bolivian parliament to press home their message.<br/> <br />Some say they're prepared to go the whole way if necessary to get the president's attention.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Sandro Arnez, protester, saying (Spanish):<br/> <br />"On Wednesday I'm going to crucify myself with real nails. This is the message I'm sending to my damned insensitive godfather Evo Morales."<br/> <br />About 1, 000 people with disabilities and members of their families made their way from different areas to gather in the capital, La Paz.<br/> <br />They've been angered by changes to a bill that diverts six million dollars a year in payments to the disabled.<br/> <br />They say the bill's been modified in a way that could stop some of the cash reaching the beneficiaries.<br/> <br />Julia Corrillo whose son is disabled says the lawmakers don't care about them.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Julia Corrillo, mother of disabled son, saying (Spanish):<br/> <br />"Seeing as we don't matter to them we'd prefer to die here, my son and I together. It would be on the government's hands then, whatever happens to the two of us."<br/> <br />Disabled people in Bolivia currently get the equivalent of 40 U.S. cents a day.<br/> <br />The protesters want that raised to 1.8 dollars.<br/> <br />Some members of the country's ruling political party say the opposition is behind the protests to make leftist president Evo Morales look bad.<br/> <br />Paul Chapman, Reuters
