BOLIVIAN DAILY LIFE Since the beginning of his government, Evo morales has been critized by different sectors of the complex Bolivian society. Civic Comitees from Santa Cruz that cry for Autonomy, miners union traders, students associations or coca leaf peasants often make their reivindications demonstrating in the streets or cutting roads traffic. In this country where interests and needs of its inhabitants are so different the social and territorial fracture seems evident.
Street scene in La Paz.
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A man talks on his mobile phone in a bus that comes from Villa Tunari. Mobile phones are widespread in Bolivia. There are three major communications companies.
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Street scene in El Alto.
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An aymara woman who is also a MAS (Movimiento Al Socialismo) deputy, Emiliana Aisa from Potosí, poses for a portrait in the hall of the Presidential Gallery in the Parliament.
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Some members of the MAS (Movimiento Al Socialismo) political party have a meeting in their bureau at the Parliament.
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The RI31 CLOS II of the Bolivian army from the Operational Instruction Center of La Selva.
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Cooperative miners have cut the only road that connects the Yungas region with La Paz as a protest to the government for not fulfilling its promises towards them. Coca growers and other people's vehicules from the Yunga region have been stopped for 36 hours.
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A man who lives in a small community is about to get into the bus that goes from Villa Tunari in the tropical Chapare region to Cochabamba in the altiplano. The Chapare region is a land of coca growers and most of the population supports the MAS party of Evo Morales.
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Street scene in a village of El Chaco region. This is the hottest region of Bolivia with temperatures that rise up to 48 degrees celcius.
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Two Guarani indians stand on a corner, early in the morning at the market.
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Cecilio Sánchez Ledesma is a driver who supports Evo Morales and his political party MAS. He believes that the former law about hydrocarbons was very bad for the country because most of the gas money went to foreign banks.
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Marching girls at the 14 september celebration of the first day of the struggle for the independence of Cochabamba in 1890.
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Video games are a popular hobby among Tarijian teenagers.
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A food stall in the San Pedro square in the city centre.
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A boy who sells icecreams walks down an unpaved street.
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Criollo restaurant.
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A karaoke bar quite popular among drivers that drive through the Chapare Region and stop at Entrerios.
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Food stall at a Cochabamba market near the central bus station.
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After midnight youngs from the "Comites Civicos" cut all exits from Santa Cruz in order to stop road traffic. Next day they will patrol the city centre so as to make the halt that is taken place in the Oriental provinces of Bolivia (Pando, Beni, Santa Cruz and Tarija) effective. This is a provocative protest to the Government of Evo Morales. These youth get paid about 50 U$ a day. These Eastern and Southern provinces want to become more autonomous from the central power.
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Young people from the "Comites Civicos" patrol the city centre of Santa Cruz on the day of a strike taking place in the Oriental provinces of Bolivia (Pando, Beni, Santa Cruz and Tarija) as a protest to the Government of Evo Morales. They get paid about $15 US. These provinces want to become more autonomous from the central power.
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Youngs from the "Comites Civicos" patrol the city centre of Sant Cruz the halt day that is taken place in the Oriental provinces of Bolivia (Pando, Beni, Santa Cruz and Tarija) as a protest to the Government of Evo Morales. They get paid about 15 U$. These provinces want to become more autonomous from the central power.
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Entrance of a trendy disco of the centre of Santa Cruz. The night scene in Santa Cruz is very lively and fashion victim.
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A couple of lovers in the trendy Divali disco in the city centre.
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Facade of the Villa Fátima coca market, the biggest of Bolivia. Facade of the Villa F√°tima coca market, the biggest of Bolivia.
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Entrerios' coca market.
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Members of the Adepcoca cooperative deal with coca sacks for traditional use at the Villa Fátima coca market.
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La Paz at dawn. La Paz is one of the highest cities of the world with an altitude of 3667 meters above sea level.
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