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Rubio Backs Bolivia's Government As Protests Trigger Food, Fuel Shortages Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times, The United States has pledged additional emergency assistance to Bolivia as protests and road blockades deepen shortages of food, fuel, and medical supplies across the South American country. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz on June 4 and discussed efforts to address growing shortages caused by nationwide unrest. “The Secretary noted the United States is ramping up emergency assistance and logistics operations support in Bolivia to help those facing acute food and medical shortages due to illegal roadblocks intended to destabilize Bolivian society,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said on June 4. Pigott said Rubio reaffirmed “the United States' unwavering commitment to support Bolivia's democracy and the Paz Administration” as the country works through a political and economic crisis. Paz's govern...

More than three weeks of anti-government blockades are choking off food, fuel and medicine supply in Bolivia's administrative capital La Paz, threatening to bring economic activity to a halt....