“The dictatorship of [self-proclaimed interim President Jeanine] Anez, [Opposition leader Luis Fernando] Camacho and [Former President Carlos] Mesa has already caused 30 deaths and dozens of wounded with repression by the police and armed forces,” Morales tweeted Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He urged the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the UN to denounce and deter the “massacre of indigenous brothers who ask for peace, democracy and respect for life on the streets.”<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Morales protesters blocked access to a gas plant near the capital of La Paz, cutting off the fuel supply.<\/p>\n
Police and military forces crackdown on protesters and at least three people died and 30 were wounded during the confrontation, according to an ombudsman’s office in Bolivia.<\/p>\n
Morales said the death toll from political unrest rose to at least 30, not 26, as several other reports claim.<\/p>\n
Turmoil in Bolivia began in October, when the indigenous leader Morales won a fourth term as president. He faced immediate resistance from opposition parties that challenged election results. Protesters took to the streets claiming the ballot was rigged.<\/p>\n
After weeks of upheaval, Morales resigned under military pressure and moved to Mexico, where he was offered political asylum. The conservative Anez, who had been serving as a senator at the time, then proclaimed herself interim president.<\/p>\n
Public demonstrations have yet to subside since Morales left the country, however, with mostly rural and indigenous pro-Morales supporters taking to the streets in numerous cites including La Paz as well as Sacaba and Cochabamba.<\/p>\n
Morales’s backers insist the ouster of the elected former president was a coup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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