“Evo Morales is like a father to us,” said Antonietta Ledezi, a coca farmer who travelled 30 miles to Villa Tunari to join the blockade two weeks ago. Signs featuring former President Evo Morales on the road from Cochabamba to Santa Cruz in Bolivia on Nov 22, 2019. It is a threat to the peace that Morales, called Evo by everyone here, brought to this stigmatised and violent region. Now, he has the unenviable challenge of aligning the coca farmers’ eternal loyalty to Morales with the country’s evolving political landscape. Supporters of former Bolivian President Evo Morales, block a bridge along a route from Cochabamba to Santa Cruz in Bolivia on Nov 23, 2019.

Source: bd News24 November 28, 2019 10:52 UTC