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Economy & Business - July 2025
BOLIVIA: The rise of roadblocks as a pressure tactic
Bolivia’s deputy minister for industrialisation policy, Luis Siles, announced on 22 June that road blockades carried out that month by supporters of former president Evo Morales (2006-2009) had cost the country over US$250m. The blockade, which lasted from 2-15 June and was mostly concentrated in the central department of Cochabamba, was aimed at pressuring the electoral authorities to allow Morales to compete in the 17 August presidential election. Morales is barred from running due to term limits, and he has failed in his efforts to have those restrictions loosened.
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