Evo Morales condemned reported disruptions to electricity, telecommunications and banking services in Bolivia’s Cochabamba Tropics and questioned the response of institutions responsible for protecting citizens’ rights.

Demonstrations demanding the resignation of Paz intensified as authorities released a detained farmers’ leader. On Wednesday, former Bolivian President Evo Morales challenged right-wing President Rodrigo Paz to travel to the Tropics of Cochabamba amid protests that thousands of workers, miners, and farmers have been carrying out for six weeks to demand his resignation. RELATED: Bolivian […]

Bolivia’s government is considering a State of Exception as nationwide protests and roadblocks deepen a political crisis involving President Rodrigo Paz and former leader Evo Morales.

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Thursday that there’s an ongoing plot in coordination with Bolivia’s government to execute his illegal detention and subsequent extradition to the United States. According to Morales, Defense Minister Ernesto Justiniano set June 13 as a peremptory deadline in cabinet meetings. On that line, he said that high‑ranking civilian […]

Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz presented a controversial state of exception bill to Congress on June 3, aiming to deploy military forces to suppress 34 consecutive days of nationwide social protests. The Executive initiative seeks to legally regulate military intervention on public streets. This decision comes as major peasant organizations, labor unions, and social movements demand […]

Bolivia’s defense and education ministers resigned as nationwide protests demanding President Rodrigo Paz’s resignation entered their 33rd day.

A widespread power outage struck the entire Cochabamba Tropic region of Bolivia tonight, prompting community members to immediately declare an alert and express profound fears of an impending Government intervention. Federations and popular leaders from Cochabamba’s Tropic in Bolivia reported an unusual and widespread power outage across the extensive Chapare region this night, commencing at […]

Police and military forces attempted to clear highways leading to La Paz as unions and peasant organizations expanded protests demanding economic measures and the president’s resignation.

Labor, Indigenous, and miner organizations unite against subsidy cuts and soaring inflation under the Rodrigo Paz government. A deepening political and economic crisis is currently affecting Bolivia, marked by nationwide road blockades, dynamite blasts in La Paz, and a general strike that is impacting the capital’s supply lines. RELATED:Bolivians Ready for Social Upheaval if President […]

A six‑day, 188‑kilometer march of supporters loyal to former president Evo Morales arrived near La Paz on Sunday, with plans to join ongoing protests and roadblocks that have paralyzed parts of the country for 12 days, as demonstrators demand the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz. “We are going to reach kilometer zero to join the […]