Demonstrators run across a street during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 18, 2026.
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Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as widespread protests and blockades leave the political capital under siege less than six months after he took office.
Demonstrators run across a street during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 18, 2026.
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Protests calling for Rodrigo Paz to resign intensify, just six months into his presidency.

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