00:00In this context, street blockades in cities and highways, blockades in rural areas, are increasing to demand that the government repeal Decree 5503.
00:09Our correspondent Freddy Morales with the details.
00:14The highway connecting the cities of El Alto and La Paz is one of the most numerous blockades set up in the last two days.
00:21There is a nationwide blockade. This is growing exponentially. The only demand of the working class and the urban teachers of Bolivia is the repeal of this supreme decree, which was not consulted with the working class.
00:38These decrees must be repealed immediately because they are unconstitutional.
00:44We call on the central government to respect our state constitution. When he was sworn in as president, he swore to respect the state constitution.
00:57On the road to the Copacabana Sanctuary and neighboring Peru, several blockades were set up by Aymara farmers who call themselves the Red Ponchos.
01:06You cannot privatize the Aymara people. We are not for sale. The entire country of Bolivia is not for sale. Please respect the country of Bolivia.
01:21You will never dominate us again. If you don't like it, go to Spain. You were born in that country, so go rule it however you want. Here we will never let you do that again.
01:32We are against the decree that is destroying us. We are not happy with our president Paz's decree. Only the fuel subsidy is okay, but the rest is against us.
01:53This is against us.
01:56The unions in La Paz have warned of more radical measures if the conflict continues into the next week.
02:04He is making bad laws. That is why we are mobilized, and we will continue to be so until the very end.
02:15The blockade will continue, the protest will continue, because we are men and women of struggle strong, and we will not give up. We will fight to the bitter end until this damn law is repealed, and we will be in the streets, in the struggles. If they do not want to repeal this decree, then this incompetent government should resign.
02:37The police reported more than 50 royal blockades, a measure that began this week. The Labour Union leading the protest has been holding for hunger strikes for 12 days, and daily street protests. This day, a new round of negotiations began with the government, which has been asked to repeat the controversial decree and work with social organizations to agree on new measures to address the economic crisis.
03:04to address the economic crisis.
