'We demand decent education, they respond with pellets'. Teachers and police clash in Bolivia

Record ID: 1719542

  • Title: 'We demand decent education, they respond with pellets'. Teachers and police clash in Bolivia
  • Date: 10th April 2023
  • Summary: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (APRIL 10, 2023) (REUTERS) TEACHERS THROWING PAINT AT POLICE / POLICE SPRAYING PEPPER SPRAY AT TEACHERS POLICE FIRING PAINT PELLETS VARIOUS OF POLICE FIRING PAINT PELLETS AND DEMONSTRATORS RUNNING AWAY FROM POLICE ANGRY PROTESTER SCREAMING AT POLICE POLICE WALKING BEHIND TEACHER / TEACHERS FIRING FIREWORKS AT POLICE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) TEACHER FROM POTOSI DEPARTMENT, FIDEL CHOQUE, SAYING: “They shot me in the face and all over my body. I was peacefully coming and going, and the police, in fact, five of them, cornered me. They shot me in the face when I turned. This incapable Minister is running over all the teachers at a national and urban level.” TEACHERS PROTESTING POLICE RUNNING TOWARDS TEACHERS WHILE FIRING PELLETS / PROTESTERS FIRING EXPLOSIVES VARIOUS OF POLICE FIRING PAINT PELLETS AT TEACHERS POLICE MAZING PROTESTER POLICE MAZING ON MOTORCYCLES POLICE CORNERING TEACHER TEACHERS HELPING FELLOW TEACHER WHO WAS HIT BY POLICE POLICE FIRING AT TEACHER WHO IS RAISING HER HANDS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) TEACHER, JUANA, SAYING: “We wanted to arrive at the Education Ministry building with our fair demands, but they respond with pellets, with gas. We only want to get through and we’re asking for a decent, free education, as the state should provide it. We are fighting for the children of the police and for our children. No to gender ideology, no to indoctrination. Freedom! That’s what we want for the children.” POLICE FIRING TEACHERS CHANTING VARIOUS OF TEACHERS JOGGING DURING PROTEST
  • Embargoed: 24th April 2023 20:56
  • Keywords: Bolivia Luis Arce education protest teachers
  • Location: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
  • City: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
  • Country: Bolivia
  • Topics: South America / Central America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001402210042023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Violence escalated between police and teachers during a demonstration in La Paz on Monday (April 10) against the new curriculum proposed by the Bolivian Education Ministry.
    Footage shot by Reuters showed police cornering protesters, hitting them, and firing paint pellets and pepper spray at them. Authorities have not said how many people were injured.
    Protesters responded by throwing fireworks at the police.
    A teacher who only gave her name as Juana said the teachers only wanted to meet with the Education Ministry but were instead met with aggression.
    "No to gender ideology, no to indoctrination," she added, referring to the new curriculum.
    Last week, parents in La Paz complained to the Education Ministry about teachers' work stoppages in urban areas and demanded that teachers who do not work be docked pay, the Bolivian state news agency reported.
    (Production: Santiago Limachi, Sergio Limachi, Monica Machicao, Nina Lopez)
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