Bolivian Police Clash with Protesters Blockading La Paz
Security forces used tear gas and deployed about 3,500 officers as roadblocks cut food and medicine deliveries and left at least 57 people arrested, officials said.
- Supporters of Evo Morales marched through La Paz on Monday, widening unrest that has blocked roads for nearly two weeks and triggered severe shortages of food, fuel and medical supplies across Bolivia.
- Protests center on rising economic pressures, with Teachers demanding higher pay and Indigenous groups opposing agrarian reforms despite the government repealing a controversial agrarian law this month.
- President Rodrigo Paz defended spending cuts and fuel subsidy reductions as necessary to stabilize public finances while deploying around 3,500 security forces to clear roadblocks across the country.
- Authorities said about 57 people have been arrested, while Officials blame the blockades for contributing to at least three deaths, including patients unable to reach hospitals.
- Analysts warn of growing risks as Bolivia faces social stress from converging national strikes and mass protests; Road blockades remain a common tactic, though Paz struggles to build new political alliances.
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Madrid. The blockade of roads in the context of the strike called by trade unions and social organizations against the President of Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz, yesterday fulfilled 14 days without there being any signs of a solution to the conflict.
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