‘People were enraged’: calls for release of Bolivian opposition leader

Civic strike called in Santa Cruz on Friday after arrest of Luis Fernando Camacho on terrorism' charge

Outside the office of the Civic Committee of Santa Cruz, a powerful umbrella organisation in Bolivia's biggest and richest region, hundreds of people - some in Dior sunglasses, others with makeshift riot shields - were screaming for immediate action after the arrest of Luis Fernando Camacho, the region's governor and a prominent leader of the national opposition.

After hours of deliberations, the committee announced a 24-hour civic strike on Friday, demanding Camacho's release - with the implied threat of an indefinite strike that could cripple business and trade.