State of emergency declared in Bolivia following protests

Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz has declared a state of emergency following weeks of widespread protests across the country.

In a televised speech on Saturday, Rodrigo Paz said, “After exhausting all avenues of dialogue, reaching agreements with those whose demands were legitimate, and identifying those who used violence in an attempt to destabilise Bolivia, we made the decision to declare a state of emergency across the entire national territory.”

The decision came after more than six weeks of protests and road blockades across the Latin American country.