HUNGER STRIKE: Evo Morales
EVO MORALES has vowed to continue a hunger strike until the Bolivian government agrees to negotiate on political and economic demands.
The Latin American country is paralysed by roadblocks organised by supporters of the former president, who has accused President Luis Arce — his former finance minister — of trying to kill him.
The former allies are now bitter rivals for the leadership of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), which has won every Bolivian election since 2006. Mr Morales was president until he was overthrown in a military coup in 2019, which led to a year of violent dictatorship under the US-backed Jeanine Anez regime.
Claims that Nicaragua has abolished elections followed a headline that stripped Daniel Ortega’s remarks of their historical and political context. The full speech tells a different story, says BECCA RENK FOSTER
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
