Socialist ex-President of Bolivia Evo Morales, who resigned last year after the Organization of American States (OAS) found evidence that his Movement Towards Socialist (MAS) party committed fraud in that year’s election, returned to the country on Monday following a year in exile…
Bolivians Return Evo Morales’s Party to Power One Year After a U.S.-Applauded Coup…
Right-wing forces cheered by the U.S. tried to destroy one of Latin America’s most vibrant democracies. Voters just restored it…
After Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia…
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales was overthrown in a military coup on November 10. He is now in Mexico. Before he left office, Morales had been involved in a long project to bring economic and social democracy to his long-exploited country. It is important to recall that Bolivia has suffered a series of coups, often conducted […]
Evo Morales Ready to Return to ‘pacify Bolivia, not as a candidate’…
Evo Morales, 60, has only been in Mexico for 24 hours – he landed there on Tuesday after the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador granted him political asylum on humanitarian grounds – and already his agenda is packed. Morales, who stepped down as president of Bolivia on Sunday following weeks of street violence, said […]
Tensions Rise as Bolivia Opposition Leader Claims Presidency…
Clashes broke out in the streets of Bolivia’s capital Tuesday evening when an opposition leader in the Senate declared herself the country’s interim president after Evo Morales fled to Mexico following his surprise weekend resignation. Jeanine Añez claimed the post of Senate leader late in the day, a position next in line for the presidency, […]
Bolivia’s Morales Heads to Mexico…
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales went to Mexico on a plane the Mexican government lent him to guarantee a “safe trip” in the words of Mexican foreign minister. “It pains me to leave the country for political reasons but I’ll always pay attention. Soon I’ll come back with more strength and energy,” wrote Morales on […]
Lessons to Learn from the Coup in Bolivia…
Bolivia: Audios Leaked from Opposition Leaders Calling for Coup Against Evo Morales…
Bolivian Unions Threaten Strike if Peace and Order Not Restored in 24 Hours…
Bolivia’s Evo Morales Resigns…
Eight hours after calling for general elections, Evo Morales resigned from Chimoré, in Cochabamba, where he arrived on the presidential plane. This came after a wave of resignations by his party’s governors, mayors, deputies and senators all across the country, in addition to ministers and diplomats, at the suggestion of dozens of politicians, military and […]