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Miners and medical students clash with police during protest march

(24 Apr 2012) 1. Wide of medical students and doctors protesting in front of Ministry of Health 2. Wide of police shooting tear gas and firing water cannons at protesters 3. Mid of police line with water cannon being fired at protesters in white coats 4. Mid of police and protesters as street fills up with tear gas 5. Wide of police truck blocking street and police with tear gas rifles 6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Marcela Salazar, protesting doctor: "These murderers are doing this to us! How is it possible that these murderers can repress their own people like this? To the people who give them health and give them life?" 7. Mid of police shooting tear gas, pan right as cameraman is pushed 8. Wide of police water cannon breaking protest line 9. Wide of medical students and doctors continuing their protest despite the water cannon 10. Mid of police and water cannon truck STORYLINE Massive anti-government protests in downtown La Paz, Bolivia, brought parts of the city to a virtual standstill for several hours on Tuesday. Thousands of doctors, medical students and miners are calling for salary increases greater than the seven percent proposed by the government of President Evo Morales. The Bolivian Worker''s Union, known by its Spanish initials, COB, has called for two days of strikes to demonstrate against poor working conditions and low pay. Doctors in state-run hospitals have recently seen their working hours increase from six hours a day to eight hours a day. On Tuesday, medical staff staged a large protest outside Bolivia''s Ministry of Health, asking to be included in a workers'' law that would allow them to claim benefits to which they are not presently entitled. Police responded to the protest with tear gas and water cannons. By midday, calm had returned to the area and no arrests or major injuries were reported. The COB vowed to return on Wednesday and continue protesting. Recent polls show that President Morales'' approval rating has been on a downward spiral for the past year and is currently hovering at around 40 percent. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...