Ex-Bolivia President Evo Morales announces hunger strike after supporters take 20 soldiers hostage
Evo Morales (File photo)
As tension between police and people blocking roads in Bolivia, former president Evo Morales called for a dialogue with the government on Friday (November 1).
During a live transmission, Morales said he would launch a hunger strike until talks between the two sides began.
Earlier on Friday, incumbent President Luis Arce accused followers of Morales of being behind an armed takeover of military posts and holding soldiers hostage. Morales did not respond to these accusations.
In the central department of Cochabamba, police and military attempted to clear a weeks-long highway blockade by Morales supporters strangling traffic.
Protesters retaliated by launching dynamite at them from nearby hills, with police then launching tear gas.
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Morales' followers set up road blockades in mid-October in support of him, pressuring for a criminal investigation into the former president for alleged abuse of a minor to be dropped. Morales has argued the investigation is politically motivated.
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