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Bolivians across the country marked the annual Festia de las Natitas on Wednesday, carrying real skulls of the deceased and decking the skulls out in sunglasses, hats, and sometimes even placing lit cigarettes in their mouths. The Festival of the Natitas, which means 'the little pug-nosed ones,' derives from an Aymara tradition which existed prior to the Spanish colonisation of Bolivia and combines indigenous beliefs with Catholicism.
Bolivian police confiscated 27 tonnes of shredded coca leaves on Monday concealed in yerba mate tea packets, the first such seizure in the country.
La Paz, Sep 28 (EFE).- A new day of confrontations between police and coca producers who are trying to retake the control of the leaf's main market in La Paz ended on Tuesday with violent clashes in the streets with slingshots and tear gas, new arrests and destructions in parts of the Bolivian capital. (Camera: GABRIEL ROMANO). SHOT LIST: COCA GROWERS AND BOLIVIAN POLICE CLASH IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.
La Paz, Sep 27 (EFE).- A new day of confrontations between authorities and coca leaf producers who are trying to retake their headquarters in La Paz ended on Monday with new arrests and destruction in areas of the Bolivian capital, including the burning of a building. (Camera: CÉSAR GONZÁLEZ). SHOT LIST: COCA GROWERS AND BOLIVIAN POLICE CLASH IN LA PAZ, AND A BUILDING BURNT DURING CLASHES IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.
La Paz, Sep 28 (EFE) (CAMERA: Gina Baldivieso) .- The coca growers of Los Yungas de La Paz have been facing each other for a week by the leadership and the headquarters of the Departmental Association of Coca Producers (Adepcoca).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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