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In the WTF news of the day<\/a>, we learn that Evo Morales, Bolivia’s president, has gone on a hunger strike because Bolivia’s congress is not cooperating with him in setting a date for the next general elections. That’s the president<\/i>, just think—if he has to go on a hunger strike to get something done, think of the rest of them.<\/p>\n

Anyway, if he doesn’t get his way and someday loses power, there’ll be something good to come out of it all: He can become a model.<\/p>\n

PS<\/b>: As we’re on the subject of hunger strikes, here’s my favourite one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Newsvine link via Anannya<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the WTF news of the day<\/a>, we learn that Evo Morales, Bolivia’s president, has gone on a hunger strike because Bolivia’s congress is not cooperating with him in setting a date for the next general elections. That’s the president<\/i>, just think—if he has to go on a hunger strike to get something done, think of the rest of them.<\/p>\n

Anyway, if he doesn’t get his way and someday loses power, there’ll be something good to come out of it all: He can become a model.<\/p>\n

PS<\/b>: As we’re on the subject of hunger strikes, here’s my favourite one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Newsvine link via Anannya<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nA President\u2019s Hunger Strike - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/a-presidents-hunger-strike\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A President\u2019s Hunger Strike - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the WTF news of the day, we learn that Evo Morales, Bolivia’s president, has gone on a hunger strike because Bolivia’s congress is not cooperating with him in setting a date for the next general elections. 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