Bolivia at 'breaking point,' president warns

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz warned Wednesday that the country was at a "breaking point" after nearly a month of protests that have caused shortages of food, fuel and life-saving medicine.

The US-backed Paz, who took office six months ago in the middle of the worst economic crisis in four decades, is battling a groundswell of fury over his center-right policies.

The political capital La Paz has been besieged by low-income workers and members of the country's Indigenous majority calling for his ...