La Paz (AFP) – "Out with Rodrigo Paz!" reads graffiti scrawled across the Bolivian capital just months after the center-right president entered office.
Issued on: 21/05/2026 - 20:08
Pro-business conservative Paz took power in November following 20 years of socialist rule, pledging to end the country's worst economic crisis in decades.
But his policies have triggered bitter upheaval, with workers and Indigenous people taking to the streets in protest.
Police have used tear gas to block demonstrators from swarming government buildings in La Paz, where protest blockades have depleted food supplies and pushed prices up.
