State of emergency in effect due to 12 blockades and more
The Legislature ratified the state of emergency to allow the military and police to clear the highways, while 12 blockade points persist in the country. Additionally, a loss of value in pension funds is reported, and emergency shelters are being set up in Santa Cruz due to the drop in temperatures.
The state of emergency is now fully in effect, authorizing the use of combined forces to clear the routes, although the Bolivian Highway Administration (ABC) still records 12 points of interruption, mainly in Cochabamba. This situation keeps heavy transport on alert, as they fear fines of up to 150 million dollars for delays in container deliveries. In this context, the Ministry of Government announced it will file a criminal complaint for conspiracy against coca grower leader Evo Morales, whom they identify as the main mobilizer of the protests.
Your retirement savings face a real loss of 15.9% due to high labor informality and the management of the system. A report on the pension funds, which total nearly 30 billion dollars, warns that the fund has operated without a formal board of directors for 15 years, affecting the profitability and security of the money of the 833,000 Bolivian contributors.
In Santa Cruz, the mayor's office opened a municipal shelter in the former bus terminal to protect homeless people for the next 50 days. On the other hand, the police apprehended three people in Plan Tres Mil after discovering an illegal stockpile of 20,000 liters of diesel in a private home, following reports from neighbors about suspicious fuel movement.
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