Periodico 26

The self-proclaimed interim president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, tacitly acknowledged on Friday the failure of attempts to subdue the popular resistance against her de-facto government, by begging to be allowed to govern and promising that she will only be in office for a short period.

Bolivian doctors trained in Cuba and who study their specialties in Las Tunas reiterated their condemnation of the coup against President Evo Morales, while insisting on the need for the constitutional order to return to his country.

In Bolivia, police and military forces killed at least eight protesters and injured dozens more Tuesday, in at least the second massacre against Evo Morales' supporters since the Bolivian president was ousted in a military coup.

Bolivian security forces set up roadblocks across Cochabamba on Monday as mass demonstrations took place against the brutal attacks carried out against the people last week.

The constitutionally-elected Bolivian President in exile, Evo Morales, said on Monday that the de facto government established in his country is preparing for a state of siege in an attempt to contain protests against the coup.

Bolivians who graduated as doctors in Cuba and are now training as specialists in Las Tunas condemn the political situation in their country. Without a doubt, they claim, a coup d'état.

The de facto government of Bolivia issued a decree over the weekend exempting Armed Forces and National Police from criminal responsibility when committing acts of repression against protesters who have taken to the streets to reject the coup d'état.

Over the past 24 hours, at least nine Bolivians have died as a result of repressive actions carried out by the security forces that support the coup-based government headed by Senator Jeanine Añez.

Member countries of the regional bloc adopted a Final Declaration that categorically condemns the coup against the government of Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

Cuba denounced Friday to the international community the arrest of the Chief-Coordinator of its Medical Contingent in Bolivia, Doctor Yoandra Muro Valle.