BUENOS AIRES, November 2. /TASS/. Former Bolivian President Evo Morales asked his supporters to remove roadblocks, but declared a hunger strike until the government agreed to negotiate.

“I have decided to ask the protesting comrades to consider the possibility of a pause in blocking the roads to avoid any bloodshed or economic problems,” he said during a press conference broadcast by Radio Kawsachun Coca on its Facebook page (banned in Russia due to its ownership by Meta, who has been designated as an extremist).

Morales added that he had decided to go on a hunger strike “until the government begins a dialogue on two subjects: the economy and politics.”

Morales supporters have been blocking Bolivian roads for 19 days. On October 30, Bolivian President Luis Arce said the damage caused by their actions had exceeded $1.7 billion and that more than 60 police officers had been injured in clashes.

Arce was supported by Morales in the 2020 elections, but differences between the two politicians later emerged.