There are about 120 official infections in the country. Compared to the global average, it can be said that the situation is calm, however, Oxford Economics has declared Bolivia the country with the most difficulties in dealing with the coronavirus. And that's noticeable in hospitals, where there are few infections but they're not prepared to deal with such a threat.

Compliance with containment is the only option for the situation not to become a disaster. But it's not as easy as in the Western states. Only 30% of the country’s population is in formal employment, the remaining 70% live from what they get from small businesses: selling food on street corners or washing clothes from wealthy families.

The latter have no choice to work from home or stay at home, if they are left without food. In view of this situation, the Bolivian Government will grant aid of $60 and $70 to those over 60 years of age, to pregnant women, to diversity officials and to primary students.

Moral culprit

The health crisis has been overcome by the election crisis. President Evo Morales was overthrown at the end of last year, and since then the right-wing Jeanine Áñez has taken power in Bolivia. Protests against the measures taken by his government during the coronavirus crisis have taken place among citizens who report that people will starve to death if confinement is imposed.

Áñez blamed the Evo Morales Party, MAS (Movement to Socialism, Movement to Socialism), for having provoked these protests in the Congress of Deputies. The party denied this complaint, alleging that it has not called for protests and that a campaign against the party’s reputation has been launched. He has denounced "racist prejudice" and stated that the party's primary responsibility is to ensure that vulnerable families are given the amount they need.