Bolivian lawmakers approve state of emergency as protests choke supply chain

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Bolivian lawmakers have approved a state of emergency following major protests that disrupted supply chains and blocked highways for 50 days. The government aims to restore transit and ensure delivery of essential goods including food, fuel, and medicines across affected areas.

Bolivia began showing signs of returning to normalcy on Sunday, a day after President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency to resolve a 50-day social crisis that ‌had blocked the nation’s main highways. Early on Sunday, the Legislative Assembly overwhelmingly approved Paz’s decree, which aimed to restore transit and supply essential goods after protesting groups cut off key roads for weeks, stranding trucks and choking supplies of food, fuel and medicines to many areas. Sunday’s vote in...