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Over 400 Bolivians camp out at Chile consulate demanding return home

Santiago de Chile, Apr 28 (EFE).- More than 400 Bolivian citizens have camped out for three days at their country’s consulate in Chile to demand the authorities help them return home and open the borders, which have been closed for more than one month due to the coronavirus pandemic."We are asking that they give us a solution to return to our country at once and we will stay here until we get an answer," Claire, who is camping with a friend in front of the diplomatic headquarters in the Chilean capital, told EFE.(Camera: JOSE CAVIEDES).SHOTLIST: A PROTEST CAMP OUTSIDE THE BOLIVIAN CONSULATE IN SANTIAGO, CHILE.SOUNDBITES: CLAIR, A BOLIVIAN NATIONAL AT THE PROTEST CAMP (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: 1.) We are asking that they give us a solution at once because we want to return to our country (00:08-00:18).2.) We will stay here until we get an answer. We just want they (the consulate staff) to come out and see us. We don’t even know who is working inside (00:24-00:36).