Bolivian Police Clash with Protesters Blockading La Paz
Police and soldiers used tear gas to clear roadblocks as protesters pressed wage and fuel demands and sought President Rodrigo Paz’s resignation.
- On Saturday, Bolivian security forces deployed 3,500 police and soldiers to clear road blockades around La Paz, establishing a "humanitarian corridor" for food, medicine, and oxygen convoys to reach the capital.
- Protests began May 1 when the Bolivian Workers' Central called a general strike over fuel subsidies, wage demands, and Law 1720, as Bolivia endured its worst economic crisis in four decades.
- Thousands of miners marched through downtown La Paz on Thursday, May 14, clashing with police and setting off dynamite charges while demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz.
- Government officials reached agreements with striking miners and teachers on Friday, May 15, while alleging former President Evo Morales fueled unrest; Morales denied this, asserting protests stemmed from genuine public grievances.
- Regional governments including Argentina and Chile issued joint statements expressing solidarity with President Paz's administration, warning against attempts to destabilize elected institutions amid ongoing radical pressure for systemic change.
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Madrid. The blockade of roads in the context of the strike called by trade unions and social organizations against the President of Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz, yesterday fulfilled 14 days without there being any signs of a solution to the conflict.
Bolivia deploys thousands of troops to break La Paz siege as economic crisis bites
Bolivian security forces clashed with anti-government demonstrators outside La Paz on May 16, deploying some 3,500 soldiers and police officers in a bid to clear road blockades that have severed supply lines to the capital for two weeks.
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3,500 security forces clear access to the capital. Bolivia is in deep economic crisis six months after President Paz took office
For the past two weeks, protesters have blocked the movement of food, medicine and other goods to demand wage increases, the end of the privatisation of companies
The troops dispersed tear gas to protesters who blocked Bolivian roads more than two weeks ago in protest against the government. COB warns that the mobilization will continue.
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