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Bolivia's blockade crisis reopens a deep racial divide
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A month-long road blockade by Indigenous peasants around La Paz has created severe shortages and exposed underlying racial tensions in Bolivia, with hostility emerging between protesters and exhausted residents.

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Bolivia's blockade crisis reopens a deep racial divide
The social conflict in Bolivia has split the country once again. The road blockade led by Indigenous peasants, which has besieged La Paz for more than a month, has brought expressions of racism to the surface in the capital. Worn down by the lack of gasoline and food and by soaring prices, some residents lash out at the protesters —and the hostility runs in both directions.
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