A group of disabled people in Bolivia are taking extreme measures to demand financial assistance from the government.

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Bolivian aerial wheelchair protest

A Bolivian television network showed at least half a dozen protesters, wheelchairs included, suspended from the Urubo bridge, near the city of Santa Cruz.

A second group buried themselves in sand by the Pirai river that runs under the bridge.

According to Bolivian media reports, they are demanding an annual allowance of 3,000 Bolivian pesos (£255) from central government.

This protest is the latest in a series staged over the last few months calling for more financial assistance, President Evo Morales’ government claims that giving an annual allowance to every disabled person in Bolivia was not « sustainable ».

But his vice-president, Alvaro Garcia Linera told a Bolivian radio station that 40 million pesos (£3.4 million) would be used to improve health centres, infrastructure and housing earmarked for the disabled.

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