1946 La Paz riots

1946 La Paz riots
Protesters hang a Bolivian flag outside a government building
Date8–21 July 1946
Location
La Paz, Bolivia
Caused byPolitical repression by the government, teachers' wage strikes
MethodsGeneral strikes, rioting, shooting, rock throwing, lynching
Resulted in
Parties

Opposition groups



  • UMSA students
  • Anti-government protesters
Lead figures
  • UMSA students and professors
Casualties and losses
Dead: 130
Injured: 200+[1]

The 1946 La Paz riots were a series of increasingly violent strikes and protests which culminated in the lynching and hanging of then president of Bolivia, Gualberto Villarroel, and the complete collapse of his government. The riots occurred in La Paz between 8 and 21 July 1946. What started as teachers' strikes demanding increased wages quickly escalated as university students, organized labor workers, and civilians clashed with municipal police and armed, pro-government civilians. By the end, interim control of the country was handed to a junta of representatives of the three striking groups chaired by independent magistrates of the Superior Court of Justice of the judicial district of La Paz.[1]


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