Bolivia clears anti-government roadblocks after emergency decree, as patrol plane crash kills 6
Security forces are reopening highways after roadblocks stranded hundreds of trucks and caused more than $2 billion in losses, officials said.
- Also Sunday, Bolivia continued clearing anti-government roadblocks isolating Paz as a Bolivian Air Force patrol plane crashed, killing six people including officers while monitoring highways linking Paz and Cochabamba.
- President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency to restore order, which parliament overwhelmingly ratified. The government stated it could end earlier if "violence and threats against the population come to an end."
- Business groups estimate losses at more than $2 billion as protests stranded hundreds of Truck drivers, leaving major cities short of fuel and food and complicating Bolivia's fragile economic recovery amid its worst crisis in four decades.
- Despite highways being cleared, blockades remain in the Chapare region controlled by Coca unions allied with President Evo Morales, who refuses to appear before courts regarding judicial investigations.
- One major rural union ordered protesters to withdraw until next week to assess the situation, while an investigative board activated to determine the aircraft crash causes. The government accuses Morales of financing protests to secure impunity.
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Bolivia Clears La Paz Blockades, 6 Killed When Air Force Plane Crashes Monitoring Blockades
La Paz: Anti-government roadblocks that have isolated Bolivia’s capital La Paz and other major cities were still being cleared Sunday, a day after President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency that was later overwhelmingly ratified by parliament.Also Sunday, six people, inc
Six people were killed in a military aircraft crash in Bolivia, the Bolivian Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday. It reportedly involved four military personnel and two civilians.
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Bolivia clears anti-government roadblocks after emergency decree, as patrol plane crash kills 6
Bolivia continues to clear roadblocks isolating its capital, La Paz, and other cities. This follows President Rodrigo Paz's state of emergency declaration, ratified by parliament.
While nationwide protests are shaking Bolivia, a plane of the armed forces crashes, killing all inmates. According to a newspaper report, the machine was on a delicate mission over the blocked areas.
A Bolivian Air Force aircraft crashed into the sector of Cerro Sayari, in Cochabamba, while carrying out a support mission in the midst of the crisis in the country.The accident left six dead, including four military personnel and two civilians, as confirmed by the authorities after locating the damaged aircraft.Among the victims are four military personnel and two civilians travelling on board the aircraft.The search teams located the remains i…
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