AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoRoads vs. relief in La Paz: Bolivia launched an early-morning crackdown to reopen access to the capital after protesters blocked roads for weeks. Police and soldiers clashed with schoolteachers, transport workers, Indigenous groups and others; tear gas was used and about 57 people were arrested as authorities tried to create a humanitarian corridor for food, medicine and oxygen. Miners’ deal, wider unrest: The government reached an agreement with protesting miners, but other blockades and demonstrations kept choking routes into La Paz. Economic pressure fuels the protests: Demonstrators cite fuel shortages after subsidy cuts, rising prices, wage demands, opposition to privatization, and even calls for President Rodrigo Paz’s resignation. Evo Morales legal storm: Prosecutors renewed efforts tied to Morales, seeking his arrest over a child-trafficking case after a court no-show, deepening political tension. Regional help: Paz thanked Argentina’s Milei for sending C-130 Hercules aircraft to support an airlift to affected cities.
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