After 10 days of blockades, Bolivia loses US$600 million: Evo Morales' conditions to lift the pickets. "Out of humanity we ask that an interim period be given," the government pleaded with the protesters.
Agricultural producers and transporters also ask for an end to the measures. "We can't take it anymore," said heavy transportation leader Juan Yucra. There are 24 blockades in the country, 20 in the strategic region of Cochabamba, which has the main roads that connect the east with the west.