The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 14, 2018 Bolivian Police Crack Down on Protests Calling for Education Funding -------------------------------------------------------------------- In La Paz, Bolivia, police fired tear gas and water cannons Wednesday at university students and professors who are calling for more funding for public education. Wednesday's protest was the latest in a series of demonstrations that followed the death of a student killed by police last month during a similar protest. .