World Report 2009: Bolivia

Tensions between Bolivia’s current president and his political rival have led to massive protests and road blockades.The ongoing unrest has resulted in an increase in violence against journalists covering the protests.

Protesters blocking a highway near the central Bolivian town of Melga threatened to hang Guzmán and briefly confiscated his crew’s TV camera.

Protests in support of the governor of Santa Cruz department and opposition leader, Luis Fernando Camacho, who has been remanded in custody since December 28, have been met with heavy police deployment and excessive violence. Numerous journalists were attacked.