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Bolivians remain divided, one month after Morales leaves

La Paz, Bolivia Dec 11 (EFE / EPA).- After a month without Evo Morales and after living "weeks of terror" by the constant revolts, the Bolivians perceive that calm returns slowly to the streets, although they are divided between those who think it would be a "mistake" to return to the country and those who await their return.(CAMERA: Yolanda Salazar / Martin Alipaz)IMAGES: FOOTAGE OF THE STREETS AND SOUNDBITES FROM FERNANDO, MAURICIO ZAMBRANA, SDENKA DUEÑAS, REGINA HUANCA, AND HUMBERTO CHOQUE.TRANSLATION: FERNANDO: "Call this a democratic government and also constitutional. I think the term is a bit wrong because a coup government doesn't have that term, right?"MAURICIO ZAMBRANA: 1. "A tense calm since the problems have not passed. This dictator continues to make threats from abroad and has us all worried even though there is already normality" 2. "That demonstrates the intentions that this person has of being a tyrant and wanting to continue causing conflicts in the country "SDENKA DUEÑAS: 1. "It has been a week of terror, of not sleeping because of the issue of looting, of the people of the MAS party who was angry and that their way of protesting is being violent and looting, so they have been terrible days" 2. "For now I believe that everything is being pacified. Of course, always with the danger that Evo Morales incites people and causes discomfort from outside, but I believe that there is a tense calm that I hope will become peace"REGINA HUANCA: 1. "We have fought for democracy, and the pacification of Bolivia is being seen, and we have opted for the freedom and peace of Bolivia" 2. "After Evo Morales resigned we have lived a tragedy, the country was all convulsed " 3." In itself I thank President Añez that there is already pacification in Bolivia "HUMBERTO CHOQUE: 1. "The departure of President Evo Morales for us... we see it as a civic-police coup and we believe that there is a political interference of imperialism" 2. "Evo has his country, he has to return to Bolivia, because a simple criminal can be exiled, he doesn't have to go into exile "