“No Rice, No Eggs”: the Bolivians complain like economic tanks

Some basic articles such as cooking oil have become a lifestyle in Bolivia, where anger for deficiency and stars prices exploded in violence.

To worsen things: a campaign of road blocks to protest against the crisis has blocked the main routes used for the delivery of food and medicine, fueling scarcity.

“We never thought that this situation would reach such an extreme, where we should have been in line for food or toilet paper,” said a 65 -year -old pensioner, Rocio Perez, AFP At his house in La Paz.

He lives with his children and grandchildren and the family has raised what they eat.

“We are staring at the abyss,” said Perez.

In a near warehouse, selling food laid by the state, the 40 -year -old Sonia, who did not want to give her surname, made the row in extreme cold from 5 in the morning for the kitchen oil, just to leave empty -handed when the stocks exhausted about two hours later.

Only those who arrived at 4 in the morning were lucky.

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Some basic articles such as cooking oil have become a lifestyle in Bolivia, where anger for deficiency and stars prices exploded in violence.

To worsen things: a campaign of road blocks to protest against the crisis has blocked the main routes used for the delivery of food and medicine, fueling scarcity.

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“We never thought that this situation would reach such an extreme, where we should have been lined up for food or toilet paper,” a 65 -year -old pensioner told Rocio Perez, Rocio Perez in his home in La Paz.

He lives with his children and grandchildren and the family has raised what they eat.

“We are staring at the abyss,” said Perez.

In a near warehouse, selling food laid by the state, the 40 -year -old Sonia, who did not want to give her surname, made the row in extreme cold from 5 in the morning for the kitchen oil, just to leave empty -handed when the stocks exhausted about two hours later.

Only those who arrived at 4 in the morning were lucky.

“I am a single mother, I have to work to support my six children … and moreover, come to this line. I don’t sleep well,” said Sonia, who was clearly angry.

Other Irati customers slammed on the shop metal doors and shouted to state employees inside.

“There is no rice, without sugar, no eggs, there is nothing more”, exclaimed Gisela Vargas, 30 years old, who has also left nothing.

Bolivia, home to 12 million people and an indigenous majority, is one of the poorest countries in South America despite sitting on vast mineral resources such as gas and lithium.

In 2023, the YPFB state oil company stated that Bolivia was running out of natural gas – a crucial export product – due to the lack of investments in new explorations.

A dramatic drop in gas exports brought the foreign currency reserves to fall, making Bolivia unable to import sufficient fuel for its needs.

The inflation in May was 18.4 percent on an annual basis, the highest in almost two decades and the local currency, the Bolivian, continues to lose value.

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