Bolivia cuts classes, government lunch breaks to save fuel

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Bolivia cuts classes, government lunch breaks to save fuel

La Paz, Bolivia — Bolivia will strip bureaucrats of their lunch break, reduce in-person schooling and slash use of the public car fleet to alleviate a crippling fuel shortage, President Luis Arce has announced. Arce unveiled the plan to deal with a problem that has brought people out on the streets for months against his

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Assuring that the country “is not bankrupt,” Bolivia’s president, Luis Arce, announced on Wednesday a dozen measures to address the acute shortage of fuels, which has worsened in recent weeks due to lack of foreign exchange for its import. The shortage of fuel caused long lines in the country’s service stations and alerts from the agricultural sector that the harvest could be lost. The government acknowledged Monday that it will not be able to m…

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The dissatisfaction in the left-wing country is growing in view of the growing shortage of fuel. President Arce tries to steer against it with decrees, the rights want to privatize.

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Bolivian Government Faces Fuel Crisis

Fuel prices in Bolivia, stable for over 19 years, have fallen far below regional averages. To sustain these prices, the state has increasingly relied on subsidies. The country with some of the hemisphere’s cheapest gasoline is now working to address diesel shortages and navigate rising international oil prices. In response, President Luis Arce’s government has authorized private businesses to import fuel and redirected subsidies to the sector. B…

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Bolivia's fuel shortage crisis deepens

The Bolivian department of Santa Cruz is experiencing a crisis caused by a severe diesel shortage, which has led to blockades and threats of strikes. Farmers in Concepción and Yapacaní have blocked key highways connecting Santa Cruz with other regions, protesting the lack of fuel that threatens their summer harvest of crops like soybeans, corn, and rice. These blockades have disrupted trade routes and prompted warnings of further protests in othe

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Protests continue for the second day in Bolivia over the lack of fuel and other local demands in the department of Santa Cruz. READ ALSO: Bolivian government faces fuel crisis The blockades in Yapacaní and Concepción complete their second day, although there is still no dialogue on this matter, while a new protest was activated in the entry to Puerto Suárez.In Concepción, agricultural producers demand that the national government guarantee the s…