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Bolivian Congress OK's use of troops against protesters
Lawmakers scrapped a restriction on emergency powers as street protests over economic hardship and fuel shortages intensified, officials said.
- Bolivia's congress voted Tuesday to eliminate a rule restricting President Rodrigo Paz's ability to declare states of emergency, with 117 members present in the 130-seat Chamber of Deputies passing the measure by more than two-thirds majority outside ordinary procedure.
- Demonstrations that began in early May over salary demands and fuel supplies have intensified, with protesters blockading entry routes into La Paz, shops shuttering for fear of violence, and food, medicine and fuel supplies running low as unrest convulses the Andean nation six months into Paz's term.
- The eliminated law had required congressional approval for emergency declarations since 2020, originating after 2019 social unrest that killed 36 people and led to Evo Morales' resignation; Paz announced Monday he would cut his own salary by 50 percent to quell public fury.
- Opposition lawmaker Sonia Sinani warned the repeal will "pour gasoline on the flames" of street protests, while Alejandro Reyes called the eliminated law "like a strait jacket," as critics argue expanded powers risk human rights abuses.
- The Paz government claims current protests aim to "disrupt the democratic order" and attributes upheaval to Evo Morales, who denies trafficking allegations, while Paz's $3,500 monthly salary, though low by regional standards, exceeds the average Bolivian income eightfold per the International Labor Organization.
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Bolivia clears path to send troops onto streets to calm protests
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Bolivia Clears the Way to Use the Army Against Protesters
BOLIVIA · POLITICS Key Facts —The vote: Bolivia’s lower house voted by more than two-thirds to scrap a 2020 law that limited the army’s role in internal unrest. —The effect: it clears President Rodrigo Paz to declare a state of exception and deploy the military, though he has not yet done so. —The crisis: protests […] The post Bolivia Clears the Way to Use the Army Against Protesters appeared first on The Rio Times.
South America - Parliament in Bolivia Relaxes Requirements for Use of the Army Against Demonstrators
In Bolivia, Parliament has voted to relax the requirements for the use of the army against demonstrators.
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