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La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, November 22, 2024, p. 23

La Paz., About 10 thousand people marched yesterday in La Paz to protest against the economic crisis, the shortage of dollars and fuel, and demanded solutions from the Luis Arce government. On the other hand, deputies evistas They attacked their peers with blows and shoves arcists in the Legislative Assembly in an attempt to prevent the speaker of the chamber, Omar Yujra, from the Arcista wing of the ruling party, from leading the session because they considered that his election was illegal.

For the defense of our economy, La Paz does not remain silentwas the motto of the demonstration of the organizations of merchants, artisans, drivers, health workers, neighborhood organizations and municipal workers, since among the organizers was the opposition municipal mayor of the government headquarters, Iván Arias, reported Brújula Digital.

With Bolivian flags and empty pots, like cacerolazotoured the streets of La Paz under the drizzle and paralyzed vehicular traffic for hours in the center of the city, the administrative and financial heart of the country.

Sales have dropped a lot, the economy is no longer enough to live on, we are in pain because the lack of dollars and the rise in prices is affecting us, because wholesalers leave us at double the price and people do not understand ussaid one of the merchant leaders to Erbol radio.

The protesters gave the government a period of 15 days to take measures to prevent the increase in the family basket, to guarantee the supply of fuel and to ensure access to the purchase of dollars at the official value.

In the Chamber of Deputies, the parliamentarians of the wing evista of the ruling Movement to Socialism attacked the board of directors to try to prevent the session, because they consider the presidency of the arcist Omar Yujra.

Yesterday the Plurinational Constitutional Court recognized Yujra’s presidency as legitimate.