LA PAZ: Zulma Hinojosa waits anxiously in a doctor’s office at La Paz’s Children’s Hospital for her 13-year-old son, who suffers from asthma and heart problems. Oxygen and medicines are in short supply at hospitals in the city following nearly a month of blockades and protests against the Bolivian government, and she worries he will not get the treatment he needs. Hinojosa broke down in tears as she recounted the difficulties of getting her son to the hospital from El Alto, a suburb of La Paz, where they live at an altitude of 4,150 meters (13,600 feet).

Zulma Hinojosa waits anxiously in a doctor's office at La Paz's Children's Hospital for her 13-year-old son, who suffers from asthma and heart problems.

LA PAZ: Zulma Hinojosa waits anxiously in a doctor’s office at La Paz’s Children’s Hospital for her 13-year-old son, who suffers from asthma and heart problems. Oxygen and…

Zulma Hinojosa espera, afligida, en un consultorio médico a su hijo de 13 años, asmático y con problemas cardíacos.