From president to fugitive: in the jungle hideout of Evo Morales
by Presented by Michael Safi with Tiago Rogero; produ from World news | The Guardian on (#6X9S6)
The socialist icon wants to defy the Bolivian constitution by running for a fourth term. But is he trying to save the country or himself? Tiago Rogero reports
Deep in the jungle region of Chapare, Bolivia's coca country, the former president and socialist icon Evo Morales is holed up in a compound surrounded by supporters armed with sticks and homemade 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.
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