Police Collide in La Paz with Protesters Trying to Block Access to the Airport
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The tear gas flooded again for the second time this week La Paz, the city that serves as the administrative capital of Bolivia. Anti-riot police repelled protesters this Friday who called for the resignation of Rodrigo Paz and tried to make way with firecrackers and dynamite. A group of the population of El Alto even tried to block access to the international airport. Indigenous Aimaras and Quechuas, unionized workers and wage miners concentrate…
The agents launched tear gas when groups of protesters tried to retake blocking points in the city of El Alto and on the road to Oruro
Fact Sheet: On May 22, a blockade at El Alto International Airport prevented travelers from passing through and disrupted food supplies in La Paz, exacerbating existing shortages caused by road blockades. Tap to see the full context. Context: Food shortages in La Paz are worsened by previous road blockades. Families are resorting to air transport to receive goods from Santa Cruz, but the airport blockade limits this option. People are crossing o…
A reader of the Digital Newspaper Urgent.bo informed this media that this Friday morning a large group of people closed access to the international airport to El Alto; they are blockers that prevent the departure of people who went to the place to collect consignments of meat. “It is about a thousand people who are mobilized,” the reader reports.
The blockers demand the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz and denounce, although without proof, that weapons and tear gas arrive at the airport to suppress the mobilizations.
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