Overview
- Nationwide blockades have entered a fourth week with more than 50 roadblocks reported across La Paz, Oruro, Cochabamba, Potosí and Santa Cruz, keeping highways and key supply routes blocked.
- Large marches from El Alto have repeatedly tried to reach central La Paz and clashed with police who used tear gas while protesters threw stones and detonated petards.
- The unrest has produced acute shortages of fuel, food and medicines in La Paz and El Alto, forced ad‑hoc government airlifts to deliver supplies, and disrupted hospital and transport services, causing severe hardship for civilians.
- Reports from multiple outlets say at least four people have died and dozens are injured, including a 12-year-old whose ambulance was delayed by blockades, and former president Evo Morales has publicly demanded Paz's resignation and early elections.
- The government has offered dialogue while deploying police and military forces to secure institutions, and some single-source reports allege heavy weaponry and specific troop numbers though those claims are not widely corroborated and raise the risk of deeper political polarization and regional concern.