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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Isabel Debre and Paola Flores

How a shrunken piece of bread explains Bolivia's economic catastrophe ahead of elections

Bolivia Elections Battle Bread - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Juan de Dios Castillo, covered in flour and sweat, pulled a crisp roll from the cooling rack and weighed it on an old metal scale: 60 grams (2 ounces).

That's barely half what it would have been two years ago. Unlike American or European shoppers scrutinizing suspiciously capacious chip bags, Bolivians have no doubt that they’re paying the same government-fixed price for a much smaller, lower-quality loaf.

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