Bolivians in the Santa Cruz region have taken to the streets protesting the arrest of regional governor and national opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho. Camacho is facing charges for encouraging a strike against the government of President Luis Arce in November calling for a national census which would likely shift regional power to the Santa Cruz region. Camacho is also facing charges for what the current administration calls a “coup attempt” in 2019 when he led demonstrations against then President Evo Morales which led to his resignation. Camacho’s supporters have called the arrest “an absolutely irregular police operation.”
