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Bolivian President Luis Arce attends the Plurinational Legislative Assembly to deliver the report of his third year in office. IMAGES
La Paz / Santa Cruz, Oct 12 (EFE).- The Government of Bolivia and the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) led a massive demonstration Tuesday across the country, one day after the strike called by unions and civic movements against goverment’s controversial law.On Decolonization Day, designated by the Government in 2011, different sectors related to MAS, a party led by former President Evo Morales, held several rallies in defense of the President Luis Arce's Government. (Camera: CÉSAR GONZALES / JUAN PABLO ROCA). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE MARCH IN DEFENSE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN LA PAZ AND SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA.
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 6 (EFE).- Political divisions and social tension dragging on since 2019 marked 196 years of Bolivia independence Friday.The polarization was more evident in the country's parliament between those who say that electoral fraud in 2019 triggered the political crisis and those accused of an alleged coup in that year when former leader Evo Morales lost power. (Camera: GABRIEL ROMANO / CESAR GONZALES).B-ROLL OF A CEREMONY TO MARK BOLIVIA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY, IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.SOUND BITE: BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT LUIS ARCE (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: We will not stop from demanding - to the best of our ability - the prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators of the coup. They must answer to justice for the illegal, illegitimate and violent acts that they perpetrated against the people, democracy and the Constitution. (00.01 - 00.47).
La Paz, Jan 22 (EFE) (CAMERA: César González).- The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, requested this Friday "unity" to overcome the "multiple crises", health and economic, that his country is facing, in the official act celebrated on the occasion of the Day of the Plurinational State.