Demonstrations

As I have to hand around the hotel in case Primo manages to get into town, I decided to see what was going on with all the explosions and shouting. The demonstration is passing along El Prado (Avenida Ballivián), one of the main arteries of the city. All the transport unions and cooperatives are taking part in protest against the rise in fares etc. There are thousands of people marching. They are marching up towards the Cala Cala bridge and there they met up with another march coming from the opposite direction. After that they joined up and are now coming back down the other side of the avenue towards the main square in the centre of town. All the shops are closed and the street door of Jacquelines office building (She works for the electricity company) is closed with a bar across it. Apart from the noise of the explosions and the shouting, everything seems to be peaceful here at the moment. The usual slogans "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido" (The people if united will never be beaten) and banners "Bus Line 114 is with the people"; "Transport Union/Cooperative X, Y or Z are also part of the people and suffer with them" etc. etc.