La Paz (AFP) – Hooded demonstrators in Bolivia’s capital overran the Venezuelan embassy Sunday after Evo Morales resigned as president, the ambassador was quoted as saying.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is a strong ally of Morales and denounced Sunday’s events as a coup. Morales resigned after weeks of protests over a disputed election.
“Hooded persons with dynamite and shields have taken over the Venezuelan embassy in Bolivia. We are OK and safe, but they want to commit a massacre against us,” ambassador Crisbeylee Gonzalez told the state news agency ABI.
“Help us report this barbarity,” ABI quoted her as saying.
She made similar comments to the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina.
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