Road blockades were less last Monday in Bolivia, but food, medicine and fuel shortages continued, after nearly a month and a half of mass demonstrations with a central demand for the resignation of the centre-right President Rodrigo Pass, the French Agency found.

Over the last two weeks, the number of roadblocks has dropped from over 100 to about 50, according to authorities.

In the capital La Pas, residents had formed an endless line in front of a state supermarket to buy chicken at a reduced price. In the markets, meat and vegetables continue to be available at twice the normal prices.

Hospitals continue to face drug shortages and, around fuel stations, motorists have been sleeping for days in their cars waiting for their turn to be filled.

"The whole world suffers. And the government doesn't make decisions. He expects that, due to fatigue or disgust, all roadblocks will end up being lifted," Paula Herrera, 50, told the AFP.

The transport company employee waited five hours to buy chicken. Only one person was allowed to purchase.

The government announced that daily consignments of chicken meat arrive in Santa Crews (east) and in the administrative capital La Pas (west), with the assistance of the US, Chile and Argentina, allies of President Pas, in power for seven months.

Protesters -- workers, farmers, miners, transporters, teachers. ..-- reject the measures proposed by the government to address the economic crisis, the worst Bolivia has lived in the past nearly four decades, and demand that it leave.

The main actors representing the sectors mobilised refuse the Government's calls for dialogue.

The emergence to power of Rodrigo Pass put an end to 20 years of socialist governments, under Presidents Evo Morales (2006-2019) and Luis Arse (2020-2025).

His government characterizes those who demand the resignation of President Pas "narcoterrorists" and claims that behind the mobilizations is former President Morales, who remains retired to his fort, in the Tsapare area, in the central part of the country, where many boners -- coke growers – are active, while there is still an arrest warrant pending against him for a alleged juvenile trafficking case, which he refuses. The interested person rejects government charges and speaks of "resurrection" of the people against a government "absolutely subdued" in Washington.