Former President of Bolivia, Evo Morales asked his supporters to lift the blockade that for 19 days they prevented communication routesespecially in Cochabamba, at the same time as went on a hunger strike.

“The situation has become more complicated, and with it it is becoming more difficult to achieve a solution that suits everyone,” Morales said at a news conference at which he announced the hunger strike, “until the government agrees to holding round tables.” .

These negotiations, one political and the other economic, he suggested, should involve international mediators and friendly countries to achieve a “transparent and effective” approach.

Avoid “bloodshed”

Morales stressed the need to lift these blockades to avoid “bloodshed” after clashes between his supporters and security forces intensified, including the capture three military barracks, According to President Luis Arce.

Finally, he repeated his call to his followers to consider lifting the blockade to “avoid violence, protect the national economy and meet the needs of Bolivians,” as a gesture, he said, of “building bridges and finding a peaceful solution.” “for everyone.”

Earlier, President Arce told the international community that “armed groups linked” to Morales stormed three army barracks, “holding hostage” soldiers and their families.

“They are of folk origin, and many of them also have indigenous roots, like the police officers who are shot with lethal weapons and thrown dynamite by these irregular groups,” Arce said in X.

“The seizure of a military objective by irregular groups anywhere in the world is a crime of high treason, an insult to the Constitution, the armed forces and the very people of Bolivia, who resolutely reject the criminal blockade of Evo Morales.”