Protests over Economic Adjustments Block Bolivia and Put President Rodrigo Paz in Check
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lacronicabadajoz.comThe Bolivian president, Rodrigo Paz, is going through his first political crisis of magnitude in the midst of calls for the resignation of trade unions and social movements that, together with the transporters, block the access roads to La Paz, the capital of that country, and Santa Cruz, its most prosperous region. The lifting of fuel subsidies as part of the adjustment program, the scarcity of dollars and the increase of prices, constitute the…
The protests began with demands related to the supply of fuel with certified quality, salary increase and the repeal of Law 1720, but subsequently evolved towards political demands, including changes in government authorities.
The Executive reported that it has already mobilized 40 tons of food from Santa Cruz to face the shortage and speculation caused by the roadblocks.
President Rodrigo Paz's government formally accused leftist Evo Morales of being the main promoter and financier of a wave of blockades and protests that have held various strategic regions of Bolivia paralysed for days. Bolivia's Attorney General's Office calls for a 20-year prison sentence for former left-wing president Evo Morales In a press conference held this Monday and reviewed by Infobae, the government minister, Marco Antonio Oviedo, sa…
A woman walks a blocked road this Monday, during demonstrations by peasants of the 'Ponchos Rojos' who demand the resignation of Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz in El Alto (Bolivia).I EFE The entry Protesters block roads in El Alto was first published in the Digital Process.
LA PÁZ, 12 May (NOMADA NEWS).- Vice President Edmand Lara asked, in a public letter, President Rodrigo Paz “a broad, sincere and direct dialogue” with the mobilized sectors and offered himself as a mediator to resolve the crisis. “I am writing to you without protocol, because the time does not give for formalities,” he explained in the letter and said that he appeals to the “democratic conscience” and the “responsibility” of the First President …
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