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In Bolivia, demonstrations by supporters of Evo Morales continued in El Alto and La Paz on Friday to challenge the legitimacy of interim President Jeanine Añez. Roadblocks have also been strengthened between the main cities of the country. Road transport has been affected for several weeks now and several basic necessities are running out in La Paz.
With our special correspondent in La Paz, Marie Normand
Yolanda Pedes sells her vegetables on the market of 16-July, in the south of La Paz. She worries about the empty stalls of her neighbors. " At this moment, we miss him, bread, red meat, chicken, eggs. It does not happen until La Paz because of road blocks , "she laments.
Across the street, in her butcher's shop, Miranda does not know how to make ends meet. For her, it's been almost a month lost: " You see my window, there is nothing there and neither. I have nothing left to sell. My store is empty! What will my landlord tell me when he will have to pay the rent? "
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Gasoline is also starting to fail. Long queues are formed in front of the few stations that still have them. This also affects public transport and garbage collection. Hernan Ramirez is a taxi driver. But he found the parade. " My president Evo Morales pushed me to transform my vehicle for free, " he says. It rolls with compressed natural gas. And that, it goes through pipes, not by the road ! So for me, everything is normal. Evo Morales has done a lot for the middle class and low income. "
No time, however, to protest to demand his return and protest what Ramirez calls a coup d'état.