Protests over a disputed presidential election convulsed Bolivia on Tuesday as p...
LA PAZ/SANTA CRUZ - Protests over a disputed presidential election convulsed Bolivia on Tuesday as police fired tear gas in the capital and the sitting president and opposition candidate wrestled over an audit of the results.
In La Paz, opposition protesters mounted road barricades of rope, wooden boards and sheets of metal. Rows of helmet-clad riot police lined some streets, separating Morales’ supporters from protesters opposed to the president.Morales, who has been in office nearly 14 years and is Latin America’s longest-serving leader, has said the Organization of American States will audit the election and that he will go to a second round if fraud is found.
“We want to ask Carlos Mesa, the losing candidate, to join the audit,” he added. “We await a speedy and affirmative response.” Mesa told journalists in the industrial city of Santa Cruz he wanted assurances from the government that the results of any recount will be binding.
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