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By bnl editorial staff 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 ...
News Bolivia » La Paz » Economy: Protesters have controlled Bolivia’s capital for a month
W hen Túpac Katari, an indigenous leader, laid siege to La Paz for more than 100 days in 1781, the city folk were reduced to eating cats and dogs. La Paz today is not there yet. But its people are ...
News Bolivia » La Paz » Economy: Bolivia protesters allied with ex-leader Morales clash with police as unrest widens
Followers of Bolivia's ex-President Evo Morales have joined a massive protest movement against President Rodrigo Paz.
News Bolivia » La Paz » Economy: Banks close branches in tense Bolivia, diplomats call for calm
Banks temporarily closed branches in Bolivia's capital La Paz on Tuesday as escalating anti-government unrest sounded alarms and foreign diplomats called for calm.
News Bolivia » La Paz » Economy: Bolivia's blockade crisis reopens a deep racial divide
The social conflict in Bolivia has split the country once again. The road blockade led by Indigenous peasants, which has besieged La Paz for more than a month, has brought expressions of racism to the ...
News Bolivia » La Paz » Economy: Bolivia’s Andean festival clouded by economic, political crises this year
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s largest Andean religious festival has long inspired joyous revelry and offered a chance for the nation to forget about its perpetual political turmoil and escape into the ...
News Bolivia » La Paz » Economy: Bolivia’s capital under siege as protests deepen crisis for President Paz
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as protests and blockades grip the country. Two weeks of road closures, led by unions and miners, have emptied markets in La Paz and depleted ...
News Bolivia » La Paz » Economy: Bolivia's La Paz declares health emergency due to blockades
Authorities in the Bolivian department of La Paz declared a health and humanitarian emergency on Tuesday due to shortages caused by weeks of road blockades across the South American country. The aim ...