Six Die as Protesters Burn Bolivian Government Office

Six local government workers died of asphyxiation in the Bolivian city of El Alto after a group of protesters occupied and set fire to the municipal offices Wednesday, El Alto's local government said. Tensions are high in the country ahead of a national referendum Sunday which will ask Bolivians if they wish to alter the constitution to allow President Evo Morales to run for a fourth term. The municipal government of El Alto — a fast-growing satellite city of La Paz — said in a...

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