Supporters of Bolivia's new government protest outside residence of Mexican Ambassador in La Paz
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1450710
Supporters of Bolivia's new government protest outside residence of Mexican Ambassador in La Paz
- Title: Supporters of Bolivia's new government protest outside residence of Mexican Ambassador in La Paz
- Date: 29th December 2019
- Summary: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (DECEMBER 28, 2019) (REUTERS) POLICE SEEN ON HILLTOP ABOVE THE URBANIZATION LA RINCONADA, WHERE THE RESIDENCE OF MEXICO'S AMBASSADOR IS LOCATED VARIOUS OF GROUP GATHERED OUTSIDE RESIDENCE OF MEXICAN AMBASSADOR GROUP PROTESTING OUTSIDE RESIDENCE OF MEXICAN AMBASSADOR POLICEMAN LOOKING ON VARIOUS OF POLICEMEN CLOSE TO RESIDENCE OF MEXICAN AMBASSADOR GENERAL OF STREET / WOMAN PROTESTING SHOUTING (Spanish) ''VIVA BOLIVIA'' SIGN THAT READS (Spanish) ''VIVA FREE BOLIVIA'' (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GUADALUPE CARDENAS, REPRESENTING WIVES OF BOLIVIAN POLICEMEN, SAYING: ''We are protecting. We know this is territory that belongs to Mexico but what bothers us about this woman (Mexican ambassador) is that they are hiding terrorists. They have to face the justice system here in Bolivia, they have been involved in terrorism, they have murdered people. They have made Bolivian brothers face off and therefore the Bolivian laws and the Political Constitution of the State indicate that these gentlemen of the embassy of both Mexico and Spain are meddling in our country." GENERAL OF STREET WHERE MEXICAN AMBASSADOR LIVES BOLIVIAN GROUP OF WOMEN PROTESTING VARIOUS OF MINERS PROTESTING OUTSIDE RESIDENCE OF MEXICAN AMBASSADOR (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MINER, TONY TORREZ, SAYING: ''We are waiting for justice to hold these ministers accountable and we ask that justice be done once for the Bolivian people and that these former ministers do not go abroad but face justice here." GENERAL OF STREET
- Embargoed: 12th January 2020 00:18
- Keywords: Bolivia La Paz Mexican Embassy ambassador
- Location: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
- City: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
- Country: Bolivia
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001BBW3LMV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A group of women protested as they took part in a vigil at the entrance of the Urbanization La Rinconada, where the residence of Mexico's ambassador is located, in La Paz, Bolivia on Saturday (December 28).
Miners with Union Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers (FSTMB) stickers on their hardhats also joined in.
Bolivia's acting foreign minister Karen Longaric has urged Mexico to stay out of Bolivian domestic affairs after the collapse last month of former leader Evo Morales's Socialist government.
A dispute has been brewing for days between Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Bolivia's interim leaders over Mexico's granting of asylum in its diplomatic facilities in La Paz to nine people, including allies of Morales who Bolivia wants to try for sedition and armed revolt.
Mexico in turn says Bolivian authorities have harassed and intimidated its diplomatic staff, and has asked the International Court of Justice to mediate in the dispute.
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