Here’s something you don’t see in the “developed world”: A national president embarking on a hunger strike (una huelga de hambre). Bolivian President Evo Morales is doing just that, refusing to eat in an effort “to pressure Bolivia’s congress to set a firm date for general elections that are likely to return him to power.” Bolivian President Announces Hunger Strike (AP April 9, 2009) available at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30138176/. Extreme? Maybe, but the action Morales seeks is seemingly mandated by the new Constitution, approved by a majority of voters in January. We’ll keep our eyes on this story as it develops.
-N. Fromherz
