How Bolivians Defeated Socialist Government’s Vaccine Mandates
By Autumn Spredemann
https://www.theepochtimes.com/road-blocking-bolivians-defeat-government-vaccine-mandates_4225707.htmlJanuary 20, 2022 Updated: January 21, 2022
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—On Jan. 19 the administration of socialist President Luis Arce canceled the requirement of proof of vaccination against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus to enter any public establishment or place of commerce.
The announcement was made by health minister Jeyson Auza.
The Movement for Socialism (MAS) party officials announced the original “supreme decrees” 4640 and 4641 on Dec. 28, which triggered nationwide protests and legal backlash in the cities of Santa Cruz, La Paz, Cochabamba, El Alto, and Sucre.
“Indigenous people [in Bolivia] have always been distrustful of Western medical initiatives,” attorney Alejandro Gutierrez told The Epoch Times.
Gutierrez explained people who opposed the vaccine mandates were citing article 44 of the nation’s constitution, which protects against scientific or medical experimentation without consent, as grounds for the dismissal of the decrees.
On Jan. 17 protesters established road blockades leading from the city of El Alto into the capital La Paz.
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