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Paz, Workers' Union End 50-Day Blockade, 2 Million Affected

6/20/2026

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President Rodrigo Paz and the Bolivian Workers' Confederation signed a La Paz deal that ended the 50-day protest after highway blockades cut off La Paz and El Alto, affecting two million people.
The Tupac Katari federation kept protesting in Cochabamba for prisoner releases, Indigenous rights and economic relief.
The disruptions raised living costs, halted food deliveries, left hospitals without medicines and caused at least 14 deaths, an ombudsman report said.

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President Rodrigo Paz and the Bolivian Workers' Confederation signed a La Paz deal that ended the 50-day protest after highway blockades cut off La Paz and El Alto, affecting two million people.
The Tupac Katari federation kept protesting in Cochabamba for prisoner releases, Indigenous rights and economic relief.
The disruptions raised living costs, halted food deliveries, left hospitals without medicines and caused at least 14 deaths, an ombudsman report said.