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Caribbean-Latin America
Bolivian president ends hunger strike
2009-04-15
He did look like he bulked up ...
Had to let the sash out a bit...
LA PAZ, Bolivia, April 14 (UPI) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales has ended a five-day-long hunger strike after lawmakers agreed to allow him to run for a second term in December.
Mercopress reported Tuesday that the new law also gives Bolivia's indigenous communities rights to territory and their own systems of justice.

Morales went on a hunger strike after opposition politicians stalled the bill's passage, the news service reported.

Critics say the law would give 14 congressional seats to indigenous groups, which would essentially give them a political edge. Opposition lawmakers also wanted to replace Bolivia's manual voter registration system with a digitized biometric system using fingerprints, photographs and other personal data.
Posted by:Steve White

#9  Gee, Emo, you shudda held out for a couple of more months if you wanted me to notice....
Posted by: Thrump Ghibelline7527   2009-04-15 16:12  

#8  How many generations must one oversee the growth and processing of coca in order to qualify for this semi-autonomous indigenous status?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2009-04-15 13:46  

#7  Temper tantrum.
Posted by: mojo   2009-04-15 12:07  

#6  Richard - as fat as he is and with coca leaf to sustain him... it would have taken him too long to starve.
Posted by: 3dc   2009-04-15 11:51  

#5  Too bad, he would have looked good in a casket.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon   2009-04-15 10:25  

#4  
new law also gives Bolivia's indigenous communities rights to territory and their own systems of justice.


Yeah, that'll end well.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2009-04-15 09:49  

#3  No, AzCat, we can do that, too. It's just racist coming from us.
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2009-04-15 05:53  

#2  Bolivia's manual voter registration system with a digitized biometric system using fingerprints, photographs and other personal data.

Wait, so Bolivia, one of the most backwards places on the planet, can accomplish this but it's too large a task for the United States?
Posted by: AzCat   2009-04-15 03:38  

#1  Barry should adopt this tactic in case the Dem controlled House and Senate doesn't give him everything he wants.
Posted by: ed   2009-04-15 00:55  

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