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Supporters of Evo Morales continued to descend on Cochabamba by the thousand today to demand his return to office.
They plan to shut down major cities until Bolivia's democratically elected president is restored.
They plan to shut down major cities until Bolivia's democratically elected president is restored.
As they arrived in Cochabamba today, supporters of Morales and his Movement to Socialism (MAS) party were met with heavy repression by pro-coup Bolivian police, who fired on them with tear gas and apparently live rounds as well
With police vastly outnumbered, leaders of the coup against Evo Morales deployed a MASSIVE contingent of the Bolivian military to Cochabamba.
They're desperate to prevent Cochabamba from falling back into indigenous hands.
They're desperate to prevent Cochabamba from falling back into indigenous hands.
Resistance is fiercest en the working class suburb of La Paz called El Alto. A huge crowd of MAS members and supporters gathered at the Villa Adela Bridge today with a message for the ringleaders of the coup against Evo Morales:
"Mesa, Camacho, we want your head!"
"Mesa, Camacho, we want your head!"
Proudly waving the indigenous flag known as the Wiphala, thousands chanted:
"Evo, brother, come back to Bolivia!"
"Evo, brother, come back to Bolivia!"
Armed MAS supporters took over the highway leading north out of La Paz in a town called Alto Beni
"The sleeping lion has woken up! Long live our Wiphala [indigenous flag], damn it!" says the first man
They chant: "El Alto isn't alone, damn it!"
"The sleeping lion has woken up! Long live our Wiphala [indigenous flag], damn it!" says the first man
They chant: "El Alto isn't alone, damn it!"
In La Paz, Morales supporters held large swaths of the city. Things were calm at the Plaza San Francisco this morning--until the military began 'buzzing' the crowd with fighter jets.
"We need independent media to get this! All the media in Bolivia belongs to the oligarchy"
"We need independent media to get this! All the media in Bolivia belongs to the oligarchy"
