June 11, 2026
In addition to demanding the immediate resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, coca growers, labor unions, and transport workers are protesting the severe supply crisis and the poor quality of fuel in the country.
Since the early hours of Wednesday, June 10, the Bolivian cities of La Paz and Cochabamba have been the scene of a massive mobilization by social organizations, labor unions, and indigenous groups to demand the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz.
The main demonstration was organized by the Tupac Katari Single Departmental Federation of Peasant Workers, which gathered its members at the Multifuncional de la Ceja in El Alto, a strategic point from which they began their march toward downtown La Paz.
This march was joined by columns that arrived in the town of Senkata carrying sticks and monteras (traditional leather helmets), in response to a call from the Bolivian Workers’ Confederation (COB), which managed to mobilize the 20 provinces of the region, the Federations of Neighborhood Councils (Fejuve) of El Alto and La Paz, groups of “self-organized” citizens, and the heavy and interprovincial transport unions.
Due to the scale of the mobilization, the La Paz Police declared a state of alert and proceeded to drastically reinforce the security cordons around Murillo Square, safeguarding the Executive and Legislative palaces.
“On behalf of the government, we do not penalize or criminalize social mobilizations or the right to protest (…). What we will not allow, however, are acts of vandalism or crime committed by people being brought to La Paz from other areas,” stated the Minister of the Interior, Marco Antonio Oviedo.
Meanwhile as the situation worsens Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz signed into law on Monday the controversial Law 1740 regulating states of emergency, which authorizes the Armed Forces and the Bolivian Police to carry out joint operations, with the aim of suppressing the social protests that have been demanding his resignation since May 1.
Evo Morales in the Cochabamba Tropics
In parallel with the events in La Paz, Evo Morales himself led a massive march alongside members of the Six Federations of the Cochabamba Tropics.
The column of protesters moved from Lauca Ñ toward the municipality of Chimoré, the designated site for the so-called ‘rally for life to save Bolivia.’
In addition to demanding the immediate resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, the region’s coca growers, labor unions, and transport workers protested the severe supply crisis and the poor quality of fuel in the country.
This day of protests coincides with a critical situation: the country has been experiencing 41 days of intense conflict, a situation that has kept multiple interdepartmental highways closed and directly impacts the economies of Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Oruro, Chuquisaca, and Santa Cruz.
Blockade Resumes in San Julián
Meanwhile, in the department of Santa Cruz, protesters resumed road blockades in the municipality of San Julián, following a brief four-hour hiatus (from 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.).
The brief pause provided temporary relief to hundreds of stranded truckers and travelers, but after the blockade resumed, the lines of trucks and buses began to grow again.
This point of conflict marks 28 days of uninterrupted closure on the main highway connecting Santa Cruz with the Chiquitania region and the department of Beni (Trinidad).
Despite the resumption of the protest, a diplomatic opening is emerging, as Minister of the Interior Marco Antonio Oviedo, along with Minister of Defense Ernesto Justiniano, reported that they remain hopeful about establishing a formal negotiating table.
Oviedo anticipated that the productive communities and neighborhood associations in the urban area of San Julián will hold general assemblies on Wednesday afternoon and evening to define the terms and provide a definitive response that will allow for direct talks with the central government in the coming hours.