In Bolivia, at least six people have been killed and hundreds more injured amid clashes between police and supporters of former president Evo Morales. Morales’ backers have been blockading roads and highways across Bolivia since early June to protest a supreme court ruling that barred Morales from seeking a fourth term in elections set for August 17th. The court cited Bolivia’s two-term presidential limit. This comes as Morales faces an arrest warrant for statutory rape, after prosecutors accused him of fathering a child with a 15-year-old girl in 2016. Morales’ lawyers have called the charges politically-motivated; meanwhile his supporters say they won’t end their protests any time soon.

Ernesto Coaquira: “Do you think that by capturing Evo [Morales] or killing him, these people will lift the blockade? No, it will not be lifted. Because the majority of the population today feels represented by Evo.”