Protest groups in the cities of Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, and La Paz organized demonstrations against two hardline anti-COVID-19 decrees, which the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party government issued and went into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. Both mandates outline vaccination requirements and dictate residents must inoculate against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, or present a negative PCR test to enter all public spaces. The MAS announced the decrees on Dec. 28. Subsequently, opposition parties filed legal action against the government in constitutional courts across the country. “These [government] orders are in direct violation of Bolivia’s constitution, specifically part two of article 44,” attorney Carlos Choque told The Epoch Times. Article 44 of Bolivia’s constitution explicitly states no person shall be subjected to scientific or medical experiments without their consent. The decrees came as an end-of-year push to boost the nation’s vaccination rates against the CCP virus. Bolivia has one of the lower vaccination …