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Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation

Nov 11, 2019, 8 tweets

#Bolivia 🇧🇴: shocking footage shows thousands of #Morales supporters marching through #ElAlto towards #LaPaz as they chant "Ahora si guerra civil!" (Now yes, civil war)

Is the #MAS really prepared to plunge the country into chaos to retain power?

#Bolivia 🇧🇴: another video of #Morales supporters calling for civik war.

All sides in Bolivia need to come to an agreement for elections in order to prevent further violence

#Bolivia 🇧🇴: clashes erupted tonight between opponents and supporters of #Morales in the south of #Cochabamba

#Bolivia 🇧🇴: the #Cochabamba based paper Los Tiempos has announced it will not publish tomorrow due to threats by #Morales supporters.

#MAS now going after the free press?

#Bolivia 🇧🇴: #Morales supporters burned down a police HQ in la zona Sur #Cochabamba

#Bolivia 🇧🇴: as a gesture of reconciliation the police in #LaPaz has apologized in both Aymara and Quechua for the officers who cut off the indigenous Wiphala flag from their uniform

#Bolivia 🇧🇴: thousands of indigenous protesters descended from #ElAlto today, chanting "LA Wiphala se respeta!' (The Wiphala is to be respected).

They are furious after Bolivian police officers cut the indigenous Wiphala flag from their uniform following the departure of Morales

#Bolivia 🇧🇴: senator Jeanine Áñez (who has taken over thr government) states the Wiphala will remain the dual flag of the country.

"We are a plural and diverse country, but we are all the same."

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