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Bolivia clashes leave three dead as security forces break fuel blockade
Source: Reuters
Bolivia clashes leave three dead as security forces break fuel blockade
Reuters in La Paz
Tue 19 Nov 2019 21.50 GMT
First published on Tue 19 Nov 2019 20.46 GMT
At least three people have been killed and 22 injured after Bolivian police and military forces used armored vehicles and helicopters to unblock access to a major fuel plant that had been blockaded by supporters of former president Evo Morales.
Smoke rose from burning tyres and a military helicopter was seen flying over the area near the the Senkata gas plant on Tuesday, after security forces ended the blockade which had cut off fuel supply to nearby La Paz.
Morales resigned under pressure on 10 November amid anti-government demonstrations and rising pressure over vote-rigging allegations after an audit by the Organisation of American States (OAS) found serious irregularities in a 20 October election.
But his supporters have since ramped up protests, calling for the caretaker president, Jeanine Áñez, to step down. Mounting violence in the South American nation has seen more than 20 people killed in street clashes.
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Reuters in La Paz
Tue 19 Nov 2019 21.50 GMT
First published on Tue 19 Nov 2019 20.46 GMT
At least three people have been killed and 22 injured after Bolivian police and military forces used armored vehicles and helicopters to unblock access to a major fuel plant that had been blockaded by supporters of former president Evo Morales.
Smoke rose from burning tyres and a military helicopter was seen flying over the area near the the Senkata gas plant on Tuesday, after security forces ended the blockade which had cut off fuel supply to nearby La Paz.
Morales resigned under pressure on 10 November amid anti-government demonstrations and rising pressure over vote-rigging allegations after an audit by the Organisation of American States (OAS) found serious irregularities in a 20 October election.
But his supporters have since ramped up protests, calling for the caretaker president, Jeanine Áñez, to step down. Mounting violence in the South American nation has seen more than 20 people killed in street clashes.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/19/bolivia-clashes-police-army-break-fuel-blockade