Emergency meeting of South American leaders called in Bolivia
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Chile has called for an emergency meeting of South American leaders after continued clashes in Bolivia that have left more than nine people dead and a dozen injured. This Associated Press report says that President Hugo Chavez, a staunch supporter of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, has already confirmed his attendance at the meeting, expected to take place on Monday.
Meanwhile, Patrick J. McDonnell filed this dispatch Saturday about the ongoing strife in the South American nation:
‘Bolivia declared martial law Friday in the isolated northern state of Pando, site of violent clashes a day earlier that left at least nine dead and dozens injured.
‘The move was the government’s most dramatic action yet against a wave of violence this week in provinces opposed to the leftist leadership of President Evo Morales. The violence had prompted widespread speculation that the government would declare a national state of siege.’
Read the rest of his dispatch about the unrest in Bolivia here, and for more about the events leading up to the clashes in Bolivia, click here.
-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City