Bolivia Erupts in Protest: Kathryn Ledebur and Ryan Grim Break Down What's Behind the Recent Unrest

Bolivia is facing a deepening political crisis as mass protests, road blockades, and clashes with security forces spread across the country amid economic collapse and growing anger toward the government of right-wing President Rodrigo Paz. Speaking with Drop Site News from Bolivia, journalist and researcher Kathryn Ledebur says protesters have effectively cut off access to capital La Paz, as Indigenous groups, coca growers, labor unions, and grassroots movements mobilize against austerity measures, fuel price hikes, and exclusion of large sectors of the left from political power. “So you have different sectors with different demands… but they’re protesting because they probably aren’t going to have enough to eat next year.” _________ ➡️ FOLLOW Drop Site News for more independent news on war and politics Stay INFORMED on our latest reporting: DropSiteNews.com WATCH our weekly live show, streaming every TUESDAY morning, on Substack, YouTube, and Facebook LISTEN to the show as a podcast on Apple, Spotify, RSS, or wherever you get your podcasts. SUBSCRIBE to Drop Site News. Our reporting is FREE, and we are committed to keeping it that way. To help support our work, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription, it’s what fuels our reporting: https://www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe DONATE to support Drop Site's independent journalism. Help us continue our work with a tax-deductible contribution at donate.dropsitenews.com. To make our reporting as accessible and shareable as possible, we are on a variety of social media platforms. Follow Drop Site for more, and don’t forget to share with others, that’s the easiest way to help support what we do: Drop Site News:   / dropsitenews   Ryan Grim:   / ryangrim   Jeremy Scahill:   / jeremyscahill   Substack: https://www.dropsitenews.com Instagram:   / dropsitenews   Facebook:   / dropsitenews   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dropsitenews... WhatsApp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb6V... Discord: We've launched a semi-private Discord server and are opening it up to our paid subscribers. Think of Discord as a sophisticated digital gathering space to interact with others in the developing Drop Site community. Update to a paid subscription: https://dropsitenews.com/subscribe Don’t like social media? We’ve got you covered. We launched a daily weekday newsletter, Drop Site Daily, which compiles the top stories our team is tracking throughout the day on social media, into one convenient, place: https://www.dropsitenews.com/s/drop-s...