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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Juanes Restrepo

Growing Discontent Amid Dollar, Fuel Shortages In Resource-rich Bolivia

Bolivia is unable to purchase and import sufficient fuel for its needs due to a shortage of US dollars, in turn caused by a dramatic drop in exports of natural gas -- once a mainstay of the economy (Credit: AFP)

Bolivian long-haul driver Gerardo Salluco prepares to spend his second night in a snaking queue of buses, waiting for fuel at a service station under military guard.

Such lines for diesel and gasoline have become a common sight in the South American country, battling a severe economic crisis and political instability that led to an alleged coup attempt last week.

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