"On Wednesday Aug. 12, a Red Uno television news team from Bolivia was surrounded and attacked by protesters that interrupted the circulation of vehicles in the region of Santa Fe of Yapacani, in the municipality of San Carlos, located 120 kilometers from the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
According to the journalist Marco Chávez's report, who was accompanied by the cameraman José Antonio Posiavo and the driver Maximiliano Sosa, the aggression started during a live report for the night newscast. The press staff present were threatened and verbally abused by the people who blocked the route that unites the two departments of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. Some protesters caused damages to the teams news van."
