La Paz, June 20 (IANS) Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz announced early Saturday the implementation of a state of emergency aimed at restoring road traffic across the country after weeks of nationwide blockades related to protests.Since early May, road blockades in several parts of Bolivia have disrupted the transportation of fuel, food and medical supplies, causing shortages in some cities and dealing a heavy blow to economic activity, Xinhua news agency reported.In a message posted on social med…
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La Paz, May 21 (IANS) Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has announced he will make changes to his cabinet and create an economic and social council to bring together various social and regional sectors of the country.The announcement represents the government’s first attempt at political restructuring since protests broke out in late April, with demonstrators demanding the resignation of the president, who took office in November.”I want to announce that we are going to reshuffle the cabinet, which…