Giovanna Rodríguez Castro and David Zagardia Muños, members of a news team from the private television channel Bolivisión, were harassed and threatened while covering antigovernment protests in Santa Cruz on January 11. Protesters blocked their vehicle and punctured its tires, Rodríguez Castro told CPJ. Rodríguez Castro, who was four months pregnant, said that one man threatened to beat her.

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