Chaos in Bolivia after president resigns

The World

Looting, street clashes and arson attacks hit Bolivia on Monday, the day after the resignation of President Evo Morales. Morales today vowed never to abandon the patriots who repudiate what he called this “coup.” Host Marco Werman speaks with Carmen Soliz, a Latin American history scholar at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, about what she’s hearing from home in Bolivia.  

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