Deep within the jungle area of Chapare, Bolivia’s coca nation, the previous president and socialist icon Evo Morales is holed up in a compound surrounded by supporters armed with sticks and home made shields.
“It was like I was in a movie set, but like a low-budget movie set of a Bolivian Game of Thrones. It was very surreal,” says Tiago Rogero.
The Guardian’s South America correspondent travelled to fulfill Morales the place he requested him concerning the arrest warrant he’s dealing with over allegations of trafficking and the fathering of a kid with a minor throughout his time in workplace.
Bolivia’s financial system is in disaster and Morales is searching for to defy the structure by working for a fourth time period, blaming the nation’s issues on Luis Arce, his former finance minister and now president.
Now that Arce has dropped out of August’s presidential election, what kind of contest is shaping up in Bolivia and what does this all imply for the state of the nation’s democracy?
You possibly can watch the movie Tiago Rogero and Tom Silverstone made about their journey to Bolivia right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk7o1T-XFbU
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