We Went to Interview Bolivia’s President and a Riot Broke Out
About this episode
David Gura interviews Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz amidst protests demanding his resignation.
President Rodrigo Paz ended 20 years of socialist rule in Bolivia with promises of unity, democracy and prosperity — and plans to tap the country’s mineral wealth. But when host David Gura went to Bolivia to interview the president, he found a harsher reality: demonstrators blockading La Paz’s streets to demand the president’s resignation. On today’s Big Take podcast, Gura shows how centuries-old distrust of government is complicating President Paz’s efforts to persuade Bolivians – and investors – that this time is different. We have a special Bloomberg subscription offer for podcast listeners at Bloomberg.com/podcastoffer. Hosted by David Gura; Produced by David Fox; Reported by David Gura and Sergio Mendoza; Edited by Jeffrey Grocott and Tracey Samuelson. Fact-checking by Rachael Lewis-Krisky and Laura Newcombe; Engineering by Alex Sugiura. Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer. Special thanks to Simon Hampton, Javier Castaneda, Luke Mailander and Adonai Sierra. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: David Gura
Topics covered
- Bolivia
- politics
- protests
- government
- interview
- socialism
Keywords
- Bolivia
- Rodrigo Paz
- protests
- government
- interview
- David Gura
- socialism
- democracy
- mineral wealth
Sponsors
Bloomberg
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Places: Bolivia, La Paz
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