Political unrest in Bolivia fuels protests, clashes between demonstrators and police
by editors@theworld.org (Hannah Chanatry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#75XND)
Protests have gripped Bolivia's capital for weeks, triggered by what voters are seeing as the president's bait and switch. After campaigning as a centrist candidate with a base of working class and Indigenous support, Rodrigo Paz filled his cabinet with conservative business leaders, and enacted policies viewed as more in line with a right-leaning agenda. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network in Cochabamba, Bolivia, about what led to this moment.