- Tens of thousands of protesters — led by unions, peasants and Indigenous groups — have set up some 90 blockades nationwide demanding President Rodrigo Paz’s resignation after fuel-subsidy cuts and ongoing economic pain.
- Road blockades and clashes with police have disrupted transport and caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine; demonstrations have led to dozens of arrests and several reported deaths.
- Paz signed a law making it easier to impose a state of emergency and potentially deploy the military to clear blockades, a move that fuels unease given Bolivia’s history of violent crackdowns.
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