Thousands of protesters demand president’s resignation in Bolivia’s La Paz

Key points

• Antigovernment protests have escalated across Bolivia, with thousands of people demanding the resignation of centre-right President Rodrigo Paz as road blockades leave the administrative capital, La Paz, short of food, fuel and medicine.
• On Monday, farmers, miners, teachers, public sector workers and Indigenous communities converged on the city after weeks of mobilisations over wage increases, economic instability and moves to privatise state-owned companies.
• Bolivia is facing its worst economic crisis in 40 years, with year-on-year inflation reaching 14 percent in April, eroding purchasing power and deepening anger over rising living costs.
• “We want him to resign because he’s incompetent.
• Bolivia is going through a moment of chaos,” said 60-year-old farmer Ivan Alarcon, who travelled about 90km (60 miles) from Caquiaviri in western Bolivia to join the protests.