Santa Cruz to Set Date for Civic Assembly Over Bolivia’s Diesel Crisis

Santa Cruz’s civic movement is preparing to decide what action to take over Bolivia’s diesel shortage, which its leaders say now affects the entire country.

The expanded board of the Pro Santa Cruz Committee will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to set the date for an Assembly of Cruceñidad. That gathering is expected to determine the measures Santa Cruz will pursue in response to the fuel crisis.

Civic president Stello Cochamanidis said the shortage required an immediate response. “The board meeting tomorrow will set the date so that all Cruceños can decide what we will do at this Assembly of Cruceñidad regarding the lack of diesel, vital fuel for the entire country,” he said.

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The board meeting tomorrow will set the date so that all Cruceños can decide what we will do at this Assembly of Cruceñidad regarding the lack of diesel, vital fuel for the entire country.

The committee also announced a meeting of the National Civic Movement for Wednesday, Sept. 2. Cochamanidis said the meeting would seek measures across Bolivia against an energy crisis he linked to the previous government of Luis Arce and the current lack of diesel nationwide.

The committee ratified a resolution from the Agricultural Congress, called the expanded board meeting and summoned the national civic gathering. Cochamanidis said the immediate need was to restore diesel supplies and proposed that the government allow private companies to supply fuel without restrictions.

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The only solution at this moment is for the government to allow private companies to supply fuel to the country without restrictions.