Bolivia is a mess. But here in La Paz, things are quiet. Our hopes to travel overland from here to Ecuador via Peru next week, however, are looking increasingly bleak.
Reuters says the protests may well increase next week: “Hundreds of thousands of Bolivian workers from miners to bus drivers plan to go on strike next week to demand unpopular President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada quit, adding to fears of more bloodshed as Indian peasants continue to block roads.”
The article says that “roadblock protests by peasants have choked supply routes into La Paz in recent weeks, with stocks of food in markets running low, prices soaring and tension mounting.”
And that’s true. But as I reported earlier, La Paz seems to be otherwise operating normally, especially in the rich neighborhood where we’re staying with my brother. More soon as the situation becomes clearer…