[Bolivia] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. Healthcare workers, union members, and artisans demonstrated outside Bolivia's Ministry of Health and Sports on April 1, 2025, protesting rising food prices and shortages of fuel and US dollars. The peaceful protest in La Paz reflects broader economic pressures but remains a low-severity event.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates. If confirmed and expanded, such protests could signal broader economic instability in Bolivia that might affect regional commodity flows, given Bolivia's role as a regional supplier of natural gas and minerals.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of protests beyond healthcare workers to other sectors or cities, which could indicate broader social unrest
• Track official government response to fuel and currency shortage complaints, as policy changes could affect regional energy markets