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Paz thanks Milei for sending Hercules aircraft to bring food to blockaded Bolivian cities
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Paz thanks Milei for sending Hercules aircraft to bring food to blockaded Bolivian cities

MercoPress · May 16, 2026, 3:16 AM

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Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz on Friday thanked his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, for sending two C-130 Hercules military aircraft to reinforce the airlift aimed at supplying food and basic goods to the cities of La Paz and El Alto, affected by ten consecutive days of road blockades by peasant unions from the highlands. The regional gesture comes during one of the most critical weeks of the centrist leader's six-month tenure, against a backdrop of shortages and growing political tension with sectors aligned with former president Evo Morales.

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