Cañeros Mobilize Against Diesel to 18 Bolivians (09:24)
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Diesel costs almost 84% more since Monday in Bolivia for consumers who demand more than 120 liters per month. The price adjustment was effected by a supreme decree, with the aim of “sincere” the price of fuel in the country with its international cost. One of the first measures of the president, Rodrigo Paz, was to eliminate in December last part of the fuel subsidy. At that time, diesel already rose more than 160% and gasoline, 86%. Now, any su…
On Tuesday, sugarcane producers mobilized in Santa Cruz against Supreme Decree 5676 and blocked the Double Way to La Guardia in rejection of the price of 18 Bolivians per litre of diesel for large consumers. The protest reached the gates of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos, where the producers emptied diesel turrils and unloaded a cane dump as a way to express their rejection of the measure. The National Commission of Sugar Producers…
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