Bolivia's private sector met in Cochabamba to demand an emergency plan and deep reforms, warning the economy sits on the brink after the blockades.
Key Facts
—The summit. Bolivia’s private-sector confederation gathered 59 business bodies in Cochabamba on June 30.
—The demand. They called for an Economic Emergency Plan plus deep structural reforms.
—The warning. Confederation head Giovanni Ortuño said the economy is at the limit of its capacity, near stagflation.
—The trigger. Around fifty days of road blockades left the economy, in their words, on the brink of collapse.
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