Bolivia’s slow-motion economic crisis is accelerating
Dollars and petrol are scarce, and growth is weak
Pickup trucks hauling empty fuel drums are lined up outside a petrol station next to a field of soyabeans in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The attendant says the queue hasn’t budged in days: there is no diesel. It’s been this way, on and off, for two months. “And the summer sowing is about to start,” he sighs.
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This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Running on empty”
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