Bolivian Police Clash with Protesters Demanding President's Resignation
Police fired tear gas and protesters threw stones as the blockade disrupted food supplies in major cities and left two officers wounded, officials said.
- On Saturday, anti-riot police fired tear gas to clear a road blockade in San Julian, Santa Cruz, as protesters demanded President Rodrigo Paz's resignation.
- Demonstrations calling for Paz to step down have paralyzed Bolivia for a month, with some 100 protest blockades causing severe food and medicine shortages in major cities.
- During the San Julian operation, protesters burned tires and threw stones, while Santa Cruz police chief Colonel David Gomez reported two officers were wounded by gunfire.
- Security forces retreated after the injuries, and though the route was partially cleared, protesters quickly re-blocked it as the government blamed former socialist president Evo Morales for the unrest.
- Following Paz's Wednesday announcement of a state of emergency bill to authorize military crackdowns, President Donald Trump's Shield of the Americas alliance backed the administration on Friday.
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Bolivian police clash with protesters demanding president's resignation
Police clashed with anti-government protesters Saturday in eastern Bolivia, with gunfire reportedly wounding four officers, as authorities attempted to clear a road blocked by rural workers demanding President Rodrigo Paz's resignation. A month of heated demonstrations calling for the center-right Paz to step down have paralyzed the Andean nation, with about 100 protest blockades around Bolivia causing severe food and medicine shortages in major…
Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Anti-riot police clashed with protesters this Saturday in a town in Santa Cruz, in eastern Bolivia, in an operation to unblock a road in the hands of peasants who demand the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, said a collaborator of AFP.Paz has been facing protests for more than a month, with roadblocks, of peasants, miners and other workers who blame the centralist president for not solving the economic crisis that the co…
Over a month of protests and nearly 100 blockades across the country
Bolivia looks out into the abyss after 37 days of protests. In La Paz, there is despair, anger and even hunger; the population is fed up of making long lines to charge fuel or buy food at exorbitant prices. In Cochabamba, Bolivia’s fourth most populous city, panic grows in the face of the first symptoms of shortages. In Santa Cruz, this Saturday, the attempt to unlock a road became the most violent confrontation to date between protesters and se…
Although in social networks and public statements the version that a protester died during the clashes in San Julián was disseminated, until the closure of this verification there is no official confirmation to support this claim. In addition, the most recent medical report indicates that the most serious injured person was transferred to Santa Cruz to receive specialized care. During the operation of unlocking carried out in San Julián, Santa C…
Six police officers were injured, four of them by "firearm", resulting in a police response.
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