AIN in the press – “Protesters Shot by Armed Civilians in Chaos Gripping Bolivia”

Team member and Director of the Andean Information Network – Kathryn Ledebur cited in Bloomberg. Read the full report here.

The political chaos roiling Bolivia turned violent this weekend as supporters and opponents of ousted socialist leader Evo Morales clashed in the worst unrest since November.Three protesters were shot and injured when armed civilians attacked and dismantled a roadblock set up by Morales’ supporters in the east of the country, Bolivia’s Human Rights Ombudsman said Monday.

“Most rural areas in the entire nation are blockaded and they’re blockaded by a variety of social movements,” said Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network, a Bolivia-based think tank. “Rural people really have had enough. They don’t feel like they’ve been respected.”