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Without getting in to hinges or ball joint pivots, could you drill out the latch base and replace the rod with flexible wire or string of some kind? Then you could possibly remove the latch to open the hood... dunno if that helps...

and for the latch 'catch' , I'd try to cut, bend and drill some spare PE into that shape.