Overview
- Weeks of multi‑sector road blockades have isolated La Paz and other regions, producing widespread shortages of fuel, food and medical oxygen and forcing some hospitals to ration supplies.
- President Rodrigo Paz announced a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday and proposed an Economic/Social Council to give mobilized sectors a formal channel into talks with the state.
- The Bolivian government says roughly 60 blockade points have disrupted national supply lines and accuses former president Evo Morales of helping to mobilize unrest, while prosecutors and police have pursued arrests of some protest leaders.
- The Catholic Church has offered to mediate and called for humanitarian corridors to allow passage of ambulances and supplies, though its influence is reported to be diminished among key Indigenous and social groups.
- International engagement has increased as the OAS held emergency meetings to monitor the situation and the United States publicly backed Paz, while the government seeks external financing from lenders such as the World Bank, IDB and IMF to ease the economic strain.