Various sectors of women in Bolivia maintain pressure measures against laws that they consider repressive

Published at: 26/05/2026 04:32 PM

This Tuesday, various sectors of women in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, including women workers and social leaders, have begun days of hunger strikes and mobilizations in La Paz to reject regulations that they consider repressive.

The demonstrators demand the annulment of laws that sanction the blocking of public roads, which they denounce as instruments designed to criminalize the right to protest and limit the free expression of popular demands.

The conflict focuses on the impact of these laws on social movements, which have historically used blockade and mobilization as tools of pressure in the face of the lack of state dialogue.

According to the spokeswomen of the organizations, the implementation of these measures seeks to dismantle the capacity of unions to respond to economic policies that, in their opinion, directly affect the economy of working families.

The measure of force, which extends to other sectors such as teachers and mining organizations, seeks to force the Government to set up decisive dialogue tables instead of resorting to judicial channels to stop mobilizations.

The representatives have warned that they will continue the strike until they obtain guarantees that the democratic rights of association and protest will be respected, without legal reprisals against those who exercise their right to dissent.

This scenario reflects the growing political polarization in the country, where the struggle for labor and social rights is confronted with the official position of guaranteeing free movement and productive stability.

Tension continues in the main Bolivian cities, while public opinion remains attentive to possible agreements that would make it possible to deactivate pressure measures and prevent a further escalation of the social conflict.

Mazo News Team