{"id":346753,"date":"2026-05-26T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/bolivia-president-halves-his-own-salary-after-weeks-of-protest-and-unrest\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:00:04","slug":"bolivia-president-halves-his-own-salary-after-weeks-of-protest-and-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/bolivia-president-halves-his-own-salary-after-weeks-of-protest-and-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia: President halves his own salary after weeks of protest and unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/obQ1wKASBDQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Bolivia: President halves his own salary after weeks of protest and unrest\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/obQ1wKASBDQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Bolivia is in crisis with violence, food and fuel shortages, and protests on the streets growing over President Rodrigo Paz.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Elected after decades of left-wing rule, Paz now faces accusations of governing for elites and failing to address rising economic hardship and inequality. His government, meanwhile, blames drug traffickers for fuelling unrest and destabilising the country &#8211; claims that experts say lack evidence.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of the breakdown, Channel 4 News speaks with Enrique Castanon Ballivian, a lecturer at University College London specialising in Latin America, to examine what started the escalating unrest in the country and how it could end.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bolivia is in crisis with violence, food and fuel shortages, and protests on the streets growing over President Rodrigo Paz. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] Elected after decades of left-wing rule, Paz now faces accusations of governing for elites and failing to address rising economic hardship and inequality. 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