President Petro’s reaction to the attack against former Bolivian president Evo Morales

President Gustavo Petro This Sunday he rejected the attack of the “fascism” against the former president of Bolivia Evo Morales (2006-2019), who reported that the vehicle that was taking him to the station where he usually hosts his weekend program received 14 shots fired by unknown persons that wounded the politician’s driver.

“All my solidarity with Evo, fascism is rising throughout Latin America. It is no longer just the legal elimination, now they move on to the same thing as always: the physical elimination of those who think differently“wrote the Colombian president in a message on his X account.

The Colombian president also added that “The decision of the right to break the democratic pact endangers the decisions of the popular vote. The time we live in, due to the global polycrisis of capital and humanity, is a time in which we must take positions and firmly lead to real and global democracy.“.

Morales declared to the coca radio Kawsachun Coca that the pursuit of his vehicle by two others in which the attackers were traveling occurred on the morning of this Sunday, October 27 in the journey between the town of Villa Tunari and Lauca Ñ, in the Tropic of Cochabamba.

The former president said that he observed that two or three trucks were following his vehicle, so his driver “diverted” his route, but the chase did not stop. “That’s when I realized it was an operation,” he mentioned.

These events occur when this day marks two weeks of the indefinite blockade of roads that Morales’ followers They maintain to demand that the Government withdraw the judicial proceedings for human trafficking and statutory rape against the former president, which they consider to be part of political persecution.

They also ask for solutions to the rise in food prices, the lack of dollars, the irregular provision of fuel and respect for a MAS congress that in 2023 declared Morales “sole candidate” for next year’s elections.

EFE