Bolivia clears anti-government roadblocks after emergency decree, as patrol plane crash kills 6
Police and military began clearing highways as the state of emergency took hold, while an Air Force patrol crash killed six.
- On Sunday, the Legislative Assembly overwhelmingly ratified a state of emergency declared by Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz, authorizing security forces to clear weeks-long anti-government roadblocks that had isolated major cities.
- Protests lasting more than 50 days stem from economic distress and agrarian reform opposition, though the government claims former President Evo Morales instigated the unrest to destabilize the administration.
- Business groups estimate losses exceeding $2 billion, while Luis Larrea, president of the Paz Departmental Medical Association, reported patients died inside ambulances, warning, "We're running out of oxygen."
- While most highways cleared Sunday during the Andean-Amazonian New Year, blockades persist in the Chapare region, maintained by coca growers' unions allied with Morales.
- Although the emergency declaration lasts 90 days, analysts warn that emergency powers could deepen unrest if the government fails to address the underlying economic causes fueling the protests.
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Bolivian security forces are preparing to enter the Chapare region, where former president Evo Morales has remained since October 2024, protected by thousands of supporters while avoiding arrest and encouraging more than 50 days of road blockades that have impacted the economy. Exclusive content for subscribers. For full access, follow the link to the article and register.
The roadblocks that partially paralyzed Bolivia for more than 50 days continue to decrease today, as the Government prepares an operation to enter the tropics of Cochabamba, the main political stronghold of former President Evo Morales. The reduction of the protests occurred after the entry into force of the state of emergency decreed two days ago by President Rodrigo Paz, a measure that granted greater powers to the security forces to regain co…
Shortages began to ease on Monday in Bolivia with the resumption of traffic on most roads, although nine dams remained active on the third day of the emergency state decreed to end seven weeks of protests.
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La Paz., Peasants who tried to retake the protests against the government of the president of Bolivia, conservative Rodrigo Paz, faced yesterday with police in the region of Cochabamba, bastion of former president Evo Morales, amid the state of emergency, reported the Afp
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