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Something I missed in the fog of the 2019 crisis: Enraged survivors of the Sacaba massacre challenged and attacked journalists arriving on the scene. Earlier, four journalists were injured by protesters while standing near police during clashes. vocesdelsurunidas.org/incidentes/periodista-boliviano-me-asuste-tanto-que-tuve-que-pedir-perdon/Permalink On twitter.com
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There was a profound shortage of mainstream press accounts of the Sacaba massacre. This was in part b/c few journalists were there, in part due to self-censorship under the new regime, and it appears in part b/c of hostile encounters with cocalero protesters.Permalink On twitter.com
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Journalist Sergio Figueroa: "I presented my self and ask for permission to pass into the wake. Very angry, they yelled at me: 'Why weren't you here earlier?'" He was surrounded and beaten until several women intervened, arguing there should be no violence against journalists.Permalink On twitter.com
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The report also refers to attacks at anti-Morales blockades over the preceding weeks, injuring 12 journalists in 25 incidents of verbal or physical confrontations.On twitter.com