Bolivia at ‘breaking point’, president warns protesters

LA PAZ — Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz warned Wednesday that the country was at a “breaking point” after nearly a month of protests that have caused shortages of food, fuel and life-saving medicine. The US-backed Paz, who took office six months ago in the middle of the worst economic crisis in four decades, is battling a groundswell of fury over his center-right policies. The political capital La Paz has been besieged by low-income workers and members of the country’s Indigenous majority calling for his resignation. READ: What’s behind Bolivia’s ongoing protests? “The country needs order, and is reaching breaking point,” the […]…

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