Bolivia: Confronting Tear Gas · Global Voices
David Sasaki

“Minding my own business at a corner internet cafe along a main avenue in Cochabama, I noticed a commotion originating from the city’s main plaza, one block away. Dozens of pedestrians were holding their mouths and I knew that could only mean one thing – tear gas was dispersed to quell some disturbance.” Eduardo Ávila explains just what that disturbance was.