Night of fury in Bolivia: the statue of Hugo Chávez demolished

Protesters and opponents of President Evo Morales, who blame an alleged electoral fraud in Bolivia last night, have shot down the statue of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in the town of Riberalta, a city in the Amazon located 650 km north-east of La Paz.

The escalation of the violence came after the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Bolivia (TSE) declared winner of presidential elections in the first round the so-called president Evo Morales, but then changed this result.

The wave of demonstrations against these controversial results, whose count has been suspended on more than one occasion, has not been long in the whole territory. One of the first goals of the citizens was the headquarters of the TSE, which burned like a flame while a contingent of police tried to stop its march.

"However, the images shared on social networks show excesses of equal magnitude in other parts of the upland country, and one of the most iconic of recent hours is the demolition of the statue of Hugo Chavez in the central square of the Amazonian city of Riberalta. ", they publish regional media.

The demonstrators tied a rope around the neck of the monument and cut their feet with electric saws and even machetes.