Bolivia’s capital under siege as protests and blockades deepen crisis for president
Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as widespread protests and blockades leave the political capital under siege less than six months after he took office.
Two weeks of road closures – spearheaded by the Bolivian Workers’ Central, COB, peasant unions and miners – have emptied markets in La Paz and depleted vital hospital oxygen reserves.
The government reported that at least three people died after emergency vehicles were blocked from reaching medical centres.
On Monday,...
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