Peru sends four tons of food to Bolivia and joins humanitarian airlift over blockades

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Peru delivered four tons of food aid to Bolivia to assist families affected by long-standing road blockades. The humanitarian airlift, involving a Peruvian military aircraft, is part of a regional effort coordinated by the government of President Rodrigo Paz to address the crisis in Bolivia.

The government of Peru on Sunday delivered to Bolivia a donation of four tons of food intended for families affected by the road blockades that highland peasant sectors have maintained for 19 days, in an initiative that adds Lima to the growing regional humanitarian airlift organized around the government of President Rodrigo Paz. The aid arrived aboard a Peruvian military aircraft and was received by Bolivian Deputy Minister of Consular Management Héctor Huanca and the Peruvian Ambassador in La Paz, Carlos Chávez-Taffur, at El Alto international airport.