Those sectors reject the decision of the president of Bolivia, the leftist Luis Maple, to postpone until 2024 a population census, initially scheduled for November this year.
It is argued that the regions are disadvantaged in the redistribution of public economic resourcessince the data used is from a 2012 census, in addition to the fact that by law it must be carried out every 10 years.
The Executive Branch maintains that there are no technical conditions for a census this year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Discrepancies on the impact of the strike
The Minister of Government (Interior), Eduardo of Castillo pointed out that “in the entire department there are only 30 blockade points” and that “the vast majority have gone to their source of work.”
The city of Santa Cruz, with some 2 million inhabitants and the most populous in Bolivia, was almost paralyzed, the streets were half empty, the transportation public it was minimal and the supply markets were closed, according to reports with images from the private television channel Unitel.
Groups of people set up barricades with earth, sticks, stones and rubber tires to prevent traffic.
The airport was operating normally, although passengers had to negotiate street barricades.
The activities in poor peripheral neighborhoods of the city were almost normal, due to the strength that the ruler enjoys there Movement Towards Socialism (MAS).
The police tried in some parts of the city to restore vehicular traffic and sporadic clashes with sticks were recorded in some streets, between picketers and people who opposed them.
Vicente Cuéllar, rector of the Gabriel René Moreno State University, stressed that the Population Census “is a right that all Bolivians have, but the government has no political will.”
Source: Ambito
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