Furious Clashes Erupt in Bolivia Over Food and Fuel Crisis After New Emergency Law Signed

Violent clashes erupted between police and anti-government protesters across Bolivia on Monday after conservative President Rodrigo Paz signed a controversial law expanding the state's power to declare a state of siege and deploy the military. In the central city of Cochabamba and neighboring El Alto, security forces deployed tear gas against demonstrators hurling stones, sticks, and dynamite, resulting in dozens of fresh arrests. The unrest, which has roiled the Andean nation for five weeks, centers on a nationwide network of 90 road blockades staged by indigenous groups and labor unions outraged over low wages, high inflation, and the scrapping of fuel subsidies. While President Paz defended the emergency legislation as a necessary measure to protect citizens from "narco-terrorism," defiant protest leaders have rejected calls for dialogue, demanding nothing short of the administration's immediate resignation.

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