Canadian Press: President Evo Morales has declared Bolivia’s devastating floods a national disaster. The announcement by Morales frees up more public funds to confront a crisis his government has linked to global climate change. Flooding across Bolivia’s eastern lowlands has killed 50 people and affected some 43,000 families since November. Morales’ declaration followed pressure from eastern state governors, his fiercest critics, who had accused the populist president of responding too slowly …