Bolivians burn effigy of Trump outside U.S. embassy in show of support for Venezuela's Maduro
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906856
Bolivians burn effigy of Trump outside U.S. embassy in show of support for Venezuela's Maduro
- Title: Bolivians burn effigy of Trump outside U.S. embassy in show of support for Venezuela's Maduro
- Date: 18th August 2017
- Summary: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (AUGUST 17, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ****WARNING: CONTAINS PROFANITY*** GENERAL VIEW OF PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE U.S. EMBASSY, HOLDING VENEZUELAN FLAGS AND CHANTING ANTI-USA AND ANTI-TRUMP SLOGANS U.S. FLAG OUTSIDE EMBASSY GENERAL VIEW OF BOLIVIANS GATHERED, HOLDING VENEZUELAN FLAGS, CHANTING ANTI-TRUMP SLOGANS OUTSIDE U.S. EMBASSY, SAYING 'YANKEES, GET OUT OF BOLIVIA' VENEZUELAN FLAGS, U.S. FLAG IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE PROTESTERS CHANT 'LONG LIVE VENEZUELA' GENERAL VIEW OF PROTESTERS JUMPING UP AND DOWN WHILE HOLDING SIGNS, VENEZUELAN FLAGS AND CHANTING ANTI-U.S. SLOGANS PROTESTERS STANDING IN A CIRCLE AS THEY RAISE AND EFFIGY OF U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BOX WITH PICTURE OF TRUMP THAT IS BEING USED AS HEAD OF THE EFFIGY GENERAL VIEW OF PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS, SETTING EFFIGY OF TRUMP ON FIRE EFFIGY OF DONALD TRUMP BURNING GENERAL VIEW OF FLAMING EFFIGY OF TRUMP TOPPLING OVER, PROTESTERS CHANTING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE POLITICAL GROUP 'MOVEMENT TOWARDS SOCIALISM' FROILAN FUNGUERA SAYING: "From here we say to the yankees enough of thinking that you are the owners of the world, enough of thinking that you are all powerful beings who aim to control us. That has been their pretext for decades to impose their democracy and look at the state of the countries like Libya, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. They want to do the same thing in Venezuela and we cannot allow that. For that reason, all of us miners and the Bolivian people are here, standing with our brother (Venezuelan President) Nicolas Maduro." PROTEST SIGN THAT READS 'GET OUT OF LATIN AMERICA YANKEES' EFFIGY OF TRUMP IN FLAMES ON THE GROUND BOX WITH STILL OF TRUMP USED AS EFFIGY'S HEAD ON FIRE, FALLING OVER PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS, ONE THAT READS 'VENEZUELA, YOU ARE NOT ALONE, BOLIVIA IS PRESENT' VARIOUS OF POLICE WATCHING OVER PROTEST PROTESTER HOLDING VENEZUELAN FLAG, PROTESTERS CHANTING VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS, SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE PROFANITY
- Embargoed: 1st September 2017 18:44
- Keywords: Venezuela Bolivia President Nicolas Maduro U.S. President Donald Trump protest fire
- Location: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
- City: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
- Country: Venezuela
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA0016UOR29V
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of Bolivians gathered in front of the U.S. embassy in La Paz on Thursday (August 17) to protest against the United States' position towards Venezuela and in a show of support for that country's President, Nicolas Maduro.
The protesters chanting anti-U.S. slogans and set and effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump on fire.
Earlier in the week, Trump warned that he would not 'rule out' a military intervention in Venezuela, prompting stern reaction from that country's leaders and other countries in the region. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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