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| Bolivia’s crisis turns violent with five deaths | |
| 2019-11-18 | |
| [DAWN] Bolivia’s political crisis turned deadly again when security forces opened fire on supporters of Evo Morales. At least five people died and dozens were maimed, threatening the interim governments efforts to restore stability following the resignation of the former president in an election dispute. Most of the dead and injured in Sacaba, near the city of Cochabamba, had been shot, Guadalberto Lara, director of the towns Mexico Hospital, said. He called it the worst violence hes seen in his 30-year career. Angry demonstrators and relatives of the victims gathered at the site of the shootings, chanting: Civil war, now! Morales, who was granted asylum in Mexico after his Nov 10 resignation, said on Twitter that a massacre had occurred and he described the interim government led by Jeanine ez as a dictatorship. Now they are killing our brothers in Sacaba, Cochabamba, he said in another tweet. At least 13 other people had died during weeks of earlier protests against Morales before his departure, according to the national Ombudsman’s Office. Several came in festivities between the presidents backers and those accusing him of fraudulently trying to win reelection.
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| Posted by:Fred |