Bolivia: Cattle ranchers demand liberalization of meat exports

Under the slogan "economic recovery begins with agriculture," the country's productive sectors marched this Wednesday from El Alto to Plaza San Francisco in La Paz, demanding that the government immediately open agricultural exports. The peaceful, multi-sector mobilization was led by representatives from the union, business, and agricultural sectors. Hernán Julio Antonio Nogales del Río, president of the Federation of Cattle Ranchers of Beni (Fegabeni), emphasized that the main objective of the march was to deliver to the government a list of proposals developed over months in technical meetings with executive authorities. Among them, the most urgent: allowing the free export of products such as meat and soy, currently restricted. "Economic recovery comes through exports. All surpluses must be able to enter the international market. Today, everything is restricted, which is seriously harming the agricultural sector," Nogales stated. The leader maintained that the policy of ...