President Rodrigo Paz is facing a severe crisis as protests and blockades paralyze Bolivia's capital, La Paz. Two weeks of road closures have led to empty markets and depleted hospital oxygen supplies.

Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as widespread protests and blockades leave the political capital under siege less than six months after he took office. Two weeks of road closures — spearheaded by the Bolivian Workers’ Central, COB, peasant unions and miners — have emptied markets in La Paz and depleted vital hospital oxygen reserves.