Bolivia's capital under siege as protests deepen crisis for President Paz

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• Bolivia's capital under siege as protests deepen crisis for President Paz toggle caption Freddy Barragan/AP LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as widespread protests and blockades leave the political capital under siege less than six months after he took office.
• Two weeks of road closures — spearheaded by the Bolivian Workers' Central, COB, peasant unions and miners — have emptied markets in La Paz and depleted vital hospital oxygen reserves.
• The government reported that at least three people died after emergency vehicles were blocked from reaching medical centers.
• On Monday, supporters of Bolivia's influential e President Evo Morales clashed with police in the capital city as they joined multiple sectors demanding the resignation of the president, who lacks both a legislative majority and a robust political party to anchor his administration.
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