Supporters of Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales take 16 police officers hostage

Morales and current president are locked into a standoff for ruling party's nomination in next year's presidential contest Supporters of Bolivia's ex-president Evo Morales stormed a barracks in the central Chapare region and took around 20 soldiers hostage, military sources said on Friday, marking a dramatic escalation in their standoff with the state. The hostage situation comes nearly three weeks after backers of Morales - the country's first Indigenous leader - began blocking roads to prevent...