00:00In Bolivia, heavy freight transport unions have declared on Monday a state of national emergency following fuel charges,
00:06considering President Rodrigo Paz's administration responsible for the lack of effective solutions for the sector and the country.
00:13The transporters questioned the new price per litre applied to large consumers
00:17and warned that this increase will affect producers and could raise the cost of the basic food basket and the
00:23cost of living.
00:24They also condemned the long waiting time to fill up with fuel criticizing the government's economic policies
00:29as measures that are impoverished in the country.
00:32The complaints joined those six federations from the Cossabamba Tropics
00:36who issued a call for unity among the country's various strategic sectors to organize and defend the plurinational state.
00:50It's not just us who are suffering, those of us who use gasoline in our small vehicles,
00:55but also the bus and truck sector is facing an even more difficult reality right now.
01:01Even families are falling apart because of this fuel crisis.
01:04Why? Because the head of the household can't even make it home.
01:08He has to sleep at the gas pumps for three or four days,
01:11and it's even worse if he travels to another department for three or four days.
01:15They don't know how to pay off their bank debts.
01:18As a result, families are falling apart.
01:20Some of our colleagues are even leaving the country to earn money to pay off their bank debts,
01:25while their wives and children are left behind here, which is another problem.
01:29There are even suicides occurring.
01:31There are people who are considering suicide because they can't pay off their debts,
01:35not being able to have a peaceful work environment where we can work well.
01:39While no so, all of this is a result of the very poor management by this government.
01:43What's the result?
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