After Claiming Election Win, Bolivian Socialist President Threatens to Block Cities

Supporters of Bolivia's president and candidate Evo Morales demonstrate against the main opposition candidate, former president (2003-2005) Carlos Mesa, as supporters of both groups gather outside the hotel where the Supreme Electoral Tribunal has its headquarters to count the election votes, in La Paz, on October 21, 2019. AIZAR RALDES/AFP via Getty Images

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Unrest in Bolivia is spiking sharply as Evo Morales, Bolivia’s president and leader of the political party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), has threatened to “fence in” cities that oppose him.