I am not surprised that you successfully rode through a road block. As a foreigner to are generally not part of the local fight. I am not advising this technique willy-nilly as events in Bolivia turned very ugly a short time back. Per international news, government forces killed two strikers and the strikers killed a government official.
I got through a road block leaving La Paz by slowly riding along with pedestrians. At the risk of confrontation...but it didn't happen. Like you, perhaps I just got lucky. Its so hard to say. Feel the atmosphere with your gut is my best advice. In Brazil I smiled my way through five road blocks (count'um five) in one day. Brazilians are more easy going, IMHO.
Adventure starts when the unexpected occurs. =)
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Peter B
2008/09 - NJ to Costa Rica and back to NJ
2012/13 - NJ to Northern Argentina, Jamaica, Cuba and back to NJ
2023 - Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia...back to Peru.
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