Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua had urged demonstrators to call off protests; however, protesters said they do not trust the tax hikes will be withdrawn.

U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump are debating Thursday night in a seminal moment for their campaigns leading up to the November 5 election. National polls show Biden and Trump in a virtual dead heat.

Bolivia: Calm seemed to return to the capital, La Paz on Thursday, a day after a general led a group of soldiers in an attempt to storm the presidential palace in what officials described as an attempted coup. The general was arrested, and President Luis Arce called for international support.