On March 12, 2025, lines of vehicles extended from filling stations into the streets of La Paz, Bolivia. A video record produced by Anadolu Agency and distributed through Reuters Connect shows cars waiting at a station, long queues on the road, vehicles being refuelled, and another station unable to operate. One local resident, Hugo Saul Illimani Kanntuta, said he had waited seven hours for gasoline. For him, fuel was not simply preparation for a journey; it was what allowed him to keep working.
The accompanying script says the crisis had lasted for more than a week. Distribution delays and supply problems had left many stations without fuel. The queue therefore reflected more than the number of cars in the city. Drivers did not know which station would be working or whether stock would remain when they reached the pump, concentrating demand wherever fuel appeared to be available. The footage records both sides of that uncertainty: vehicles finally receiving fuel and a station with nothing to sell.
The item is Anadolu Agency material hosted by Reuters Connect, and the platform explicitly says Reuters did not verify or endorse it. Within that stated limit, it provides direct visual and testimonial evidence of an ordered fuel queue in La Paz. A day normally organised around driving had instead become a day organised around waiting for the possibility of driving.