No Bread, No Fuel, No Dollars: How Bolivia Went From Boom To Bust

Source: International Business Times

Long lines for fuel at petrol stations have become a defining image of Bolivia's worst economic crisis in a generation AFP A bread roll has become a symbol of a severe economic crisis in Boliva that looks set to decide the outcome of the most significant elections in nearly two decades. The marraqueta, which is subsidized by the state, is the baguette of Bolivia. But even the humble "battle bread," as it is nicknamed, is hard to come by these days in La Paz as the government runs out of the dollars it needs to import essentials such as fuel and wheat.