Gas, food running short in Bolivia amid protests
A man shops for groceries at the Rodriguez Market in La Paz. Supporters of ex-president Evo Morales are blocking roads leading to the capital, causing shortages of produce at markets. – AFP pic, November 18, 2019.
BOLIVIAN taxi driver Carlos Lara has spent three nights sleeping in his car at a service station, hoping that gas supplies held up by supporters of ex-president Evo Morales will make it through. “No gas, no work,” the 72-year-old Lara said yesterday as supporters of Morales continued to block a road leading from La Paz to a refinery to the east, leaving gas stations bone dry.
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