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November 16, 201921.47 A Bolivian presidential decree establishes that the armed forces "are exempt from criminal liability" when, "participating in operations to restore internal order, and performing their constitutional functions, they act in self-defense or in a state of necessity". This was signed by Bolivian interim president Jeanine Anez. The decree, signed also by numerous ministers of the transitional government, follows yesterday's incidents in Cochabamba: in clashes between pro-Morales protesters and police: 9 dead, 130 wounded.