Protests against a sharp increase in fuel prices intensified and turned violent in Bolivia on Thursday, as thousands of demonstrators demanded President Evo Morales’ government repeal the hike.
Demonstrators filled the streets in La Paz and other cities to protest the higher prices, which were announced suddenly on Sunday. Gasoline prices immediately soared by 73 percent and diesel prices went up by 83 percent, leading to a rapid increases in transport and food prices in the Andean country.
Some demanded the resignation of Morales, a close ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. It has been the most unpopular measure of Morales’ five-year presidency.
Spanish news agency EFE reported that protesters in La Paz burned a Venezuelan flag and in the town of El Alto they set fire to a statue of Argentinean mass murderer Che Guevara.[...]
La UNASUR resolvió enviar una Brigada del Café de la Juventud Guevarista argenta, para proteger los restantes monumentos.
Visto en The Real Cuba via Gateway Pundit.
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