Bolivian protests calling for center-right President Rodrigo Paz to resign intensified Monday as demonstrators swarmed government buildings and a protest leader faced terrorism charges over the unrest. Riot police clashed with protesters for hours, tear gas shrouded the streets of La Paz, shops were shuttered and supplies ran low due to protest blockades choking routes into the capital city. Thousands of farmers, miners, teachers, workers from other sectors and Indigenous communities have led weeks-long protests calling for wage increases, economic stability and an end to the privatization of state-owned companies. The Andean nation is suffering its worst economic ordeal in the past four decades, with year-on-year inflation hitting 14 percent in April.
Bolivian police clash with protesters blocking roads into La Paz
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