The effects of the coronavirus pandemic intersect with the effects of other social, political, and environmental problems throughout the world. Reporting from Bolivia, Gabriela Paz Ferreyra Barrientos explores how Bolivian society finds itself caught between ongoing political instability and a public health emergency: “Violence and confrontation in Bolivia require an urgent democratic election, yet the health of Bolivians is crying out for them to stay home and take care of themselves.”
The effects of the coronavirus pandemic intersect with the effects of other social, political, and environmental problems throughout the world. Reporting from Bolivia, Gabriela Paz Ferreyra Barrientos explores how Bolivian society finds itself caught between ongoing political instability and a public health emergency: “Violence and confrontation in Bolivia require an urgent democratic election, yet the health of Bolivians is crying out for them to stay home and take care of themselves.”