Title: La masacre de todos santos
Photographer(s): Domingo Politi, Viviana De Soruco, Freddy Alborta, Félix Valdivia,David García, Charles Steiner
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Publisher(s): Asamblea permanente de derechos humanos de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia
Year: 1980
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Language(s): Spanish
Pages: 126
Size: 18,5 x 25 cm
Binding: Softcover
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Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: Bolivia,1979
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The All Saints' Day massacre was the violent repression of popular protests by the dictatorship of Alberto Natusch Busch, who seized power in a coup d'état on 1 November (All Saints' Day) 1979 in Bolivia. In response to the November 1 coup, the Central Obrera Boliviana trade union confederation launched a campaign of mass protests, which were met by violence from the military.The week after the coup, on November 5–6, 1979, Natusch Busch gave orders to intensify the crack-down. The soldiers of colonel Doria Medina were allowed to act without control in La Paz. Riot control vehicles were sent out into various parts of the city. A helicopter, rented from the U.S. company Groves Limited, was used to shoot down protestors. However, these measures did not prevent the continuation of mass protests. La Paz residents took to the streets, pelting rocks against the armed forces and constructed barricades.More than 100 people were killed, 204 injured and 20 disappeared.
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