Protests involving road blockades and barricades have disrupted the delivery of food, fuel, and medical supplies to major cities in Bolivia, resulting in shortages. According to reports, people in La Paz waited in lines for discounted chicken at state-run supermarkets, while meat and vegetables in private stores cost twice the usual price. Many spent days sleeping in their cars while waiting to fill up at gas stations.

The protests, which have lasted more than six weeks according to one report, peaked with about 100 blockades across the country, though the number later decreased to 50 over a two-week period. In eastern Bolivia, police clashed with protesters, and gunfire wounded four officers. Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency across the entire national territory, according to one outlet, and promulgated a law regulating states of exception in early June.

Paz has not ordered the deployment of the Armed Forces to clear roadblocks, and the government is relying on prolonged protest fatigue rather than hard-line measures. Paz signed an agreement with the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB) to end the protests, but not all sectors were covered, and some unions continued protesting. Presidential spokesman José Luis Gálvez said, 'The new Bolivia will be built with dialogue, without giving way to violence.'