The administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, tries to regain some normalcy, pending the outgoing president, Laurent Bagbo, resisting entrenched in his bunker at the presidential palace. This is corroborated by a Spanish company working in Ivory Coast for 10 years, lived the previous crisis in 2003 and 2005 and has lived moments of real panic, "gunfights dened and the explosion in the city.
"After eight days locked in the house, now we've finally gotten out to buy food. In the street," says this man who prefers to remain anonymous, "no police Ouatara President and again be selling fried banana," he says. The electricity and water supply has been restored, but "heard gunshots from the area around the presidential palace, which is surrounded by soldiers of the new president," he says.
Although only four days ago he complained that nobody had offered out of Abidjan, says the care provided by the Spanish Embassy has been very good. "We were told that the thing was going to get ugly for us to leave and told us we did collecting water, food, petrol and gas "." Then we offered the possibility of being evacuated by French soldiers, but decided to stay and have been very attentive to us at all times, "he says.
But for the Spanish, the worst has been the fear by dozens of armed and drunken youths who are chasing the booty: "I have prepared several bags of money to give them if they try to enter my house because the looting are everywhere. They have machine guns and, if not give them what they want, just kill you, "he explained.
At home, took refuge also eight others of the service, esntían not safe in their homes and that this Thursday have also ventured out for the first time on the street. 
"After eight days locked in the house, now we've finally gotten out to buy food. In the street," says this man who prefers to remain anonymous, "no police Ouatara President and again be selling fried banana," he says. The electricity and water supply has been restored, but "heard gunshots from the area around the presidential palace, which is surrounded by soldiers of the new president," he says.
Although only four days ago he complained that nobody had offered out of Abidjan, says the care provided by the Spanish Embassy has been very good. "We were told that the thing was going to get ugly for us to leave and told us we did collecting water, food, petrol and gas "." Then we offered the possibility of being evacuated by French soldiers, but decided to stay and have been very attentive to us at all times, "he says.
But for the Spanish, the worst has been the fear by dozens of armed and drunken youths who are chasing the booty: "I have prepared several bags of money to give them if they try to enter my house because the looting are everywhere. They have machine guns and, if not give them what they want, just kill you, "he explained.
At home, took refuge also eight others of the service, esntían not safe in their homes and that this Thursday have also ventured out for the first time on the street.
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