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Bolivian police have arrested a prominent leader of a farmers' organization, who played a key role in recent mass protests and road blockades that led to severe shortages in several cities across the Andean nation.
Bolivian police and soldiers clashed with protesters who were blocking roads leading into La Paz on Saturday, as demonstrators pressed for wage increases and other demands.
Police in Bolivia clashed with anti-government protesters who had blocked a road. The confrontation occurred as authorities attempted to clear the blockade.
Bolivian police fired tear gas at protesters in La Paz as three separate groups, including teachers, rallied against the government.
Bolivian police and army forces on Friday reopened a vital road that supplies food and other necessities to the capital La Paz and neighboring El Alto, which had been suffocating due to mass protests.