Dissension appears to be spreading in police forces across Bolivia as opposing sides in the country's political divide hold fast to their positions after 17 days of violent protests over the legitimacy of President Evo Morales' claimed re-election.
Police who are against the reelection of President Evo Morales protest in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Opposing sides in Bolivia's political divide held fast to their positions Friday after 17 days of violent protests over the legitimacy of Morales' claimed re-election, as dissension appeared to be spreading among police forces across the country.
The disputed results of the Oct. 20 election have triggered a wave of protests across Bolivia, which have resulted in three deaths dead and more than 300 injuries. Hundreds of residents in other cities then clamored outside local police stations urging officers to “follow their example.” Police in Santa Cruz, an opposition stronghold, affixed a sign on their station saying they were in revolt. Police officers in other cities left the streets and returned to their stations, without explaining why.
Gen. Yuri Calderón, head of the national police, had previously denied that a police rebellion was under way and called the Cochabamba incident isolated. “There is normalcy in the rest of the country and we hope that services will resume,” he said. Protests have been most intense in La Paz, Potosí and Santa Cruz, that latter an opposition stronghold where Camacho, president of the Pro Santa Cruz Civic Committee, is based.
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