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Bolivia turns soldiers into bakers to cope with bread strike

Bolivia’s government has temporarily turned some soldiers into bakers, ordering barracks to leaven loaves for the public after bakeries went on strike over the lifting of subsidies on imported flour.

Soldiers donned aprons in barracks in La Paz, El Alto and other cities as Defense Minister Reymi Fereira declared an emergency.

A strike that began at La Paz bakeries on Monday spread nationwide on…

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