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Princess Mako arrives in La Paz
The elder niece of Japan's Emperor Naruhito arrived in La Paz on Monday to commemorate the 120th year of Japanese immigration to Bolivia.
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Bolivia: Pressure grows for runoff vote
On Friday, street blockades went up in middle-class neighbourhoods of La Paz, Bolivia's capital as protesters showed their disapproval of the election results.
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Bolivia's Morales: 'I have nothing to hide'
Bolivian President Evo Morales said Tuesday he had "nothing to hide" despite scepticism over an official tally suggesting he was heading for an outright victory in presidential elections.
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Bolivia quiet after Interim President takes control
Streets in La Paz were quiet on Wednesday morning after Jeanine Añez, who had been second-vice president of the Senate, claimed the presidency after higher ranking successors to the post had resigned.
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Bolivia's Morales: 'I have nothing to hide'
Bolivian President Evo Morales said Tuesday he had "nothing to hide" despite scepticism over an official tally suggesting he was heading for an outright victory in presidential elections.
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Bolivia approves new elections to replace Morales
Bolivia’s self-declared interim president, Jeanine Anez, on Sunday formalised a law calling for new elections to replace ousted leader Evo Morales and choose a new Legislative Assembly.
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Fried alligator meat and spicy cow tongue on the menu at outdoor festival
An alligator dish popular in Bolivia's Amazon region was among those on sale on Saturday at the annual outdoor TAMBO food festival in the country's capital, La Paz.
Alligator meat is eaten in the Beni department in the Amazon rainforest...
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Referendum backs constitution; Morales, celebrations
El Alto
1. Wide of El Alto residents gathering around school waiting to vote
2. Indigenous woman casting her ballot
3. Women queuing to vote
4. Pull out from vote being cast to woman walking away
La Paz
5. Exterior of presidential...
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+4:3 Protesting workers clash with police for 3rd consecutive day
1. Wide of protesters standing behind banner, riot police on opposite side, smoke rising around protesters, some throwing sticks and firecrackers at police UPSOUND explosions
2. Various tracking shots of riot police advancing along a...
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Preparations for the nationwide recall referendum
La Paz
1. Exteriors of Bolivian presidential Palace
2. Bolivian President Evo Morales walking to podium, inside palace
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Evo Morales, Bolivian President:
"I feel, and the Bolivian people feel, that tomorrow is...
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Roman Catholics parade with skulls in festival to honour the dead
1. Wide of La Paz's General Cemetery
2. Mid of faithful inside General Cemetery's chapel crowded around a table of boxes filled with human skulls and flowers
3. Mid of woman carrying a box with a human skull inside it and flowers on...
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Tourists rescued from protestors, US, Israeli and German bites
La Paz - 21 September
1. Tourists getting off a bus
2. Wounded peasant helped by paramedics
3. Injured tourist getting off bus
4. More of wounded peasant being assisted by paramedics
La Paz - 20 September
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Mauricio...
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Trade Unions call for 24 hour strike and march in support of Medical workers
1. Wide of march called by the Central Obrera Boliviana (Bolivian Worker's Union)
2. Wide of protesters throwing firecrackers at the front of the march
3. Various of protesters marching with banners
4. Mid of protesters carrying...
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President announces vote on fate of gas reserves
1. Wide shot of presidential palace
2. President Carlos Mesa entering press conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Mesa, Bolivian President:
"Question number five is paramount, it is the most important one. That's the reason why...
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Thousands of workers in the Latin America region marked International Worker's Day on Thursday with marches asking for fair wages, salaries and dignified work.
Thousands of workers in the Latin America region marked International Worker's Day on Thursday with marches asking for fair wages, salaries and dignified work.
In Chile's capital, a May Day march that started out peacefully ended with...
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FOREIGN DIPLOMATS TAKE PART IN FESTIVAL OF EL GRAN PODER
Bolivian dancers and musicians paraded through their capital La Paz on Saturday to mark Jesus of Great Power, the city's most important religious festival.
For the first time western diplomats joined the parade too, an energetic feat at...
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BOLIVIA: PRISONERS BEGIN HUNGER STRIKE AGAINST SLOW JUDICIAL SYSTEM
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About 15-hundred Bolivian prisoners have begun a hunger strike to protest a slow judicial system that often jails people for years without trial.
The prisoners - several of whom have sewn their lips shut - are demanding...
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Thousands gather in show of support for president, following days of unrest over pension
1. Wide of people at rally in support of Bolivian President Evo Morales
2. Mid of people at rally observing moment of silence in honour of late Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez; AUDIO: trumpets
3. Various of rally
4. Morales (right)...
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Bolivia confirms first two deaths from swine flu
Santa Cruz, 10 July 2009
1. Pan of entry to the Emergency Room of hospital
2. People wearing surgical masks sitting inside hospital
3. Queue of people with surgical masks waiting to get prescriptions
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Erwin Saucedo...
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Wildfires continue to burn in 5 out of 9 Bolivian regions
Guarayos, department of Santa Cruz
1. Pan and zoom in of farm fields on fire, firefighters and soldiers working to extinguish the flames
2. Firefighters with hose
3. Soldiers with buckets getting water from river, zoom out
La Paz
4....
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BOLIVIA: STUDENTS PROTEST AGAINST PLANS TO CUT UNIVERSITY GRANTS
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Angry students demonstrated across Bolivia this week in protest at government plans to cut university grants.
In the capital, La Paz, marchers clashed with police in a violent confrontation as students blocked streets and...