LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — President Evo Morales ended a five-day hunger strike Tuesday after Bolivia’s congress broke a political deadlock, approving a law that lets him run for re-election in December. Morales, a husky Aymara Indian, looked exhausted and a few pounds thinner as he formally enacted the law before a crowd that chanted “Evo, the people are with you!” Morales, 49, had spent the weekend reclining on a mattress in the presidential palace, drinking chamomile tea and chewing coca leaves, a mild stimulant that helps suppress the appetite. Morales even announced the cancellation of his trip to Trinidad and Tobago for this weekend’s summit of 34 hemispheric leaders. The trip is now apparently back on.–Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Bolivia president ends election hunger strike
April 13, 2009