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Morales vows to continue hunger strike until Bolivian President Arce negotiates
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. 

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