Civilians of which country on November 1, 2024, stormed a barracks and took ‘around 200 soldiers hostage’, according to its military sources?

Correct Answer: B. Bolivia

Supporters of Bolivia’s ex-president Evo Morales stormed a barracks in central Chapare province and took ‘around 200 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 his arrest on what he calls trumped-up rape charges aimed at thwarting his political comeback. Morales, 65, was in office from 2006 to 2019, when he resigned under a cloud after elections marked by fraud.