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Erasing Evo: Bolivian bid to remove his image draws backlash

by Associated Press
| January 22, 2020 12:05 AM

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A man with a sledgehammer pounded at the bust of his country's former leader adorning a huge sports stadium that his government had built and named after the then long-reigning president. Ministers from the current government applauded as the head came down.

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