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La Paz (Bolivia), Sep 23 (EFE).- Helen's family travelled a distance of more than 2,500 kilometres to arrive in Bolivia from Venezuela. Now they have to deal not only with the altitude and cold weather of La Paz but also with xenophobia. FOOTAGE OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS LIVING IN LA PAZ. SOUNDBITES OF:-HELEN:"My mum, my brother and my children. We are here fighting every day. There are good people and also bad people who say awful things to us. They say 'go back to your country', 'what are you doing here?'. If we are here it is not because we want it or we are happy here but because we have the need forces us. Many people said awful things to us, but some very nice people, who support us, help us. If someone asks if I want to wash, I'll wash. If someone asks if I want to cook, I'll cook. If I have to sell sweets, I'll sell them. We live like this."-ANA LLANCO, MEMBER OF MUNASIM KULLAKITA FOUNDATION:"We aim to help these children and families to become asylum seekers after an initial assessment since each family has a different story. In that context, some people become asylum seekers. So we help them, since they are in a vulnerable situation, to go to the appropriate authorities to have that provisional document so they have a regular situation in Bolivia and access to rights.""In this space, there are 30 families living and out of those 30 we focus our work in women, children and teenagers. In our mobile classrooms, there are have 20 children and 7 teenagers."
La Paz, Aug 17 (EFE).- The group of experts sent to Bolivia by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Tuesday presented the report on the social and political crisis in 2019, where they concluded that there were 'serious violations of human rights' in the country during the last quarter of 2019, after the failed general elections. (Camera: CÉSAR GONZÁLES). SHOT LIST: JUAN MENDEZ AND PATRICIA TAPPATA FROM THE GROUP OF EXPERTS SENT TO BOLIVIA BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (IACHR), PARTICIPATE IN A PRESS CONFERENCE IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.SOUND BITES: JUAN MENDEZ (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: We have detected serious human rights violations for which we hope that justice will be served and that they will not go unpunished. Also, there were acts of violence between Bolivians that constitute crimes.
La Paz, Aug 17 (EFE).- The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, on Tuesday apologized to the victims of the social and political crisis of 2019 and reaffirmed that there was a "coup d'état" that year. (Camera: CÉSAR GONZÁLES). SHOT LIST: BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT LUIS ARCE TOGETHER WITH THE ARGENTINE PATRICIA TAPPATA, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUP OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS (GIEI) DURING THE DELIVERY OF A REPORT FROM THE INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUP OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS (GIEI) SENT BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (IACHR) ON THE EVENTS OF THE 2019 CRISIS; AND BOLIVIANS DEMAND JUSTICE ON THE EVENTS OF THE 2019 CRISIS, IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA. SOUND BITES: LUIS ARCE, PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: Today we honor the memory of all the mortal victims during this disastrous period and, although the culprits never did, on behalf of the State we ask for their forgiveness and we share the pain of their families.
Cuiabá (Brazil), Jun 26 (EFE) (cAMERA: Sebastião Moreira) .- Walking for more than twelve hours with children in arms, enduring hunger or facing the corruption of the border mafias. These are the stories told by the thousands of Venezuelans who arrive with the illusion of finding a life with "dignity" in a Brazil plagued by the pandemic and unemployment.FOOTAGE OF THE SITUATION IN THE STREETS OF CUIABÁ, BRAZIL
La Paz (Bolivia), Mar 24 (EFE), (Camera: Claudio Ábrego).- Armando, a 19-year-old with mental disability, offers hugs in the streets of La Paz wearing a Mickey Mouse costume. This is the way he tries to survive after years of living in different orphanages.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF ARMANDO:"I had a Mickey Mouse toy when I was a kid and I really liked it. And that was my dream, to be like Mickey Mouse.""What I need is somebody who helps me to find a place to sleep, where I can rest. I do not want to be on the streets.""Yes, I would like to have a family. I always wanted to have a family."
Caracas, Feb 19 (EFE).- Carmen Hurtado's hopes rise every time a potential customer approaches the makeshift stand in the Venezuelan capital where she sells puppets, as each sale brings her closer to her dream of having a home of her own, a seemingly impossible goal in an oil-rich nation where someone earning the minimum wage would have to work 4,000 to amass enough money to buy a house.(CAMERA: Jackdwin Sáez - Ron González)
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