Bolivia's Defense Minister Resigns Amid Intensifying Anti-Government Protests
- Defense Minister Marcelo Salinas resigned on Tuesday amid a month of anti-government protests, marking the highest-level departure under Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz. Vice Minister Ernesto Justiniano was tapped to replace him.
- Protests escalated from a workers' strike in May into highway blockades cutting off access to La Paz and Alto, home to 2 million people. Demonstrators demand an end to austerity measures and relief from rising living costs.
- Alto Mayor Eliser Roca reported the city loses about $6.5 million daily due to blockades, noting, "Many families live day to day... they also have the right to eat." He urged dialogue between protesters and government.
- Labor Minister Edgar Morales and Education Minister Beatriz Garcia also resigned on Tuesday, with Morales alleging a lack of understanding with Paz. The cabinet shakeup follows earlier promises by Paz to reorganize.
- Jose Luis Lupo, Minister of the Presidency, dismissed calls for Paz to step down as "anti-democratic," while labor unions and loyalists to President Evo Morales continue demanding reform. Paz took office in November, ending two decades of leftist rule.
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Bolivia's Defense Minister Resigns Amid Intensifying Anti-Government Protests
Bolivia’s political tensions are spilling into the cabinet — and fast. The country’s defense minister has stepped down after weeks of anti-government protests. Marking the highest-profile resignation yet under President Rodrigo Paz, who is now facing his own calls to quit.But is this just a reshuffle… or a deeper warning sign?Paz only took office in November after nearly two decades of leftist rule ended. But his government’s austerity push and …
Two ministers have reportedly resigned in the midst of protests and street blockades against the Bolivian government.
Bolivia's defense minister resigned on Tuesday after more than a month of protests demanding the ouster of President Rodrigo Paz, a government source told AFP.
President Rodrigo Paz faces the resignation of two key pieces of his cabinet, Marcelo Salinas and Beatriz García, in the midst of 33 days of social mobilizations and blockades that demand his departure from power.
Bolivian Defense Ministers Marcelo Salinas, and Education Ministers Beatriz García, resigned Tuesday night in the midst of protests and roadblocks that have paralysed much of Bolivia for more than a month. This is the third resignation in Rodrigo Paz’s Cabinet in ten days, following the passage to the side of who was until May 21 the Minister of Labor of Rodrigo Paz’s Government, Edgar Morales. Continue reading
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