Bolivian authorities announced Sunday that they would be launching Operation Recovering the Homeland after followers of former President Evo Morales seized three military barracks last week, keeping some 200 troops hostage.
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Friday that he would go on a hunger strike as the conflict between him and his former Minister of Economy and ally, and current president, Luis Arce Catacora, continues to escalate.