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November 9, 2022

Can Bolivia’s Arce Manage to Contain New Social Protests?

Protesters took to the streets last month in several demonstrations in Bolivia. A protest in Cochabamba is pictured. // File Photo: @LuisFerCamachoV via Twitter.

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  • Thousands of people in Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s agricultural hub, took the streets on Oct. 22 to protest the postponement of a national census, delaying access to more economic resources. In response, Bolivia’s government said on Oct. 26 that it will temporarily suspend exports of foodstuffs, including soy and beef, to safeguard food security in the country. Also this month, President Luis Arce’s government reached an agreement with gold mining cooperatives in order to halt protests in La Paz. How are the protests in Bolivia connected, and what do demonstrators want? Will the measures Arce is taking be enough to satisfy protesters, or does he face continued demonstrations? What is causing the food scarcity, and how are the protests affecting the country’s economic outlook?

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Peter DeShazo, visiting professor of Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies at Dartmouth College and former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs: “The ‘paro cívico’ shut down the key city of Santa Cruz and is now in its third week, disrupting national food and energy supply. Headed by the oppositionist governor Luis Fernando Camacho, the paro has the stated goal of forcing President Arce to conduct an already-delayed national census in 2023–thereby generating more…”

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