Bolivia’s Capital Under Siege as Protests and Blockades Deepen Crisis for President Paz
Business groups say the blockades are costing Bolivia more than $50 million a day and leaving about 5,000 vehicles stranded, officials said.
- La Paz remains under siege as widespread protests and road blockades by the Bolivian Workers' Central paralyze the capital, leaving roughly 5,000 vehicles stranded and depleting vital hospital oxygen reserves.
- Protests intensified following the government's import of low-quality 'junk gasoline,' which damaged vehicles and triggered transport worker strikes after President Rodrigo Paz ended fuel subsidies six months ago.
- Business organizations report the blockades drain more than $50 million daily from the economy, while at least three deaths occurred after emergency vehicles were blocked from reaching medical centers.
- Eight Latin American governments and the United States reaffirmed support for President Paz, rejecting 'any action aimed at destabilizing the democratic order,' while spokesperson José Luis Gálvez alleged 'dark forces' linked to former President Evo Morales seek to destabilize democracy.
- President Paz faces this unrest with a fractured legislature after the Christian Democratic Party split, complicating his response as the administration navigates the nation's worst crisis in 40 years.
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Bolivia’s capital under siege as protests and blockades deepen crisis
Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as widespread protests and blockades leave the political capital under siege less than six months after he took office. Two weeks of road closures — spearheaded by the Bolivian Workers’ Central, COB, peasant unions and miners — have emptied markets in La Paz and depleted vital hospital oxygen reserves.
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Image by Wikipedia. In Bolivia, after weeks of protests against the proposed privatization of indigenous lands, the Rodrigo Paz government is setting the stage for mass repression against political opponents. The president, who calls himself a democratic centrist, has unleashed a systematic campaign of criminalization and stigmatization against Bolivia’s indigenous and popular movements. What we are witnessing is the deliberate rhetorical constr…
Bolivia on the Brink? Behind the Protests, a Power Grab in Plain Sight
The Paz government, backed by an increasingly alarmed international community, is sounding the alarm: what looks like a spontaneous uprising is, at least in part, an orchestrated attempt by former president Evo Morales to topple a democratically elected government and claw his way back to power. And according to Bolivia's Minister of the Presidency, José Luis Lupo, the hands pulling the strings are not all Bolivian.
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