US EditionWorkers Organized by a Key Union Rally in Bolivia Against Scrapping Fuel Subsidies
Unions protest after Bolivia ends fuel subsidies costing $3 billion annually to reduce imports amid economic crisis, with strikes and blockades in six regions.
- Bolivian miners marched in La Paz, protesting the government's decision to eliminate fuel subsidies, which has contributed to economic issues.
- The protests were organized by Bolivia’s Central Union of Workers, although some trade groups, including transportation workers, did not participate.
- Protesters expressed a commitment to continue their struggle until the subsidy elimination is repealed, stating the government favors business owners.
- Unions, including those representing miners and coca growers, demanded the reinstatement of fuel subsidies during the strike.
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General strike cripples Bolivia over so-called “Gasolinazo”
Thousands of miners, coca growers, and labor activists descended on the seat of government on Monday, marking the first day of a national general strike against Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira's decision to terminate fuel subsidies. The mobilization, led by the Bolivian Workers' Union (COB), has effectively paralyzed the capital and several other major departments.
La Paz., A massive and noisy march of miners congested yesterday the streets of downtown La Paz, while protests were taking place in other cities of Bolivia during the first day of a workers' strike called to reject the elimination of the fuel subsidy, established by the new government of President Rodrigo Paz.
The pressure against President Rodrigo Paz to eliminate the subsidy to gasoline is spreading throughout Bolivia. Protesters against decree 5503, which among other points suppresses this subsidy, blocked roads in six of the nine departments that make up the country, according to the Bolivian Highway Administrator (ABC). In cities like La Paz or Cochabamba demonstrations were recorded that closed streets and in Santa Cruz public transport entered …
By CNN en Español Mineros, coca leaf farmers and trade union organizations marched this Monday in several cities of Bolivia to reject the elimination of the state subsidy to fuels, a measure that triggered the prices of gasoline and diesel after more than 20 years of state control. Protests, led by sectors affiliated to the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), point directly to the decree 5503 of President Rodrigo Paz, who thus faces his first social…
Bolivian miners protested in the city centre of La Paz, the capital of the country, while union protestors descended into the street on Monday, the first day of a strike against the government's suppression of fuel subsidies, accused of having contributed to the shortage of dollars and economic turbulence.
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Workers organized by a key union rally in Bolivia against scrapping fuel subsidies
Bolivian miners have marched in downtown La Paz, the country’s capital, and union-organized protesters took to the streets elsewhere on the first day of a strike over the government’s scrapping of fuel subsidies that have been blamed for contributing to dollar shortages and economic turmoil.
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