An opposition leader in Bolivia's Senate has declared herself the country's interim president after the resignation of Evo Morales. Members of Morales' left-leaning party were not present when lawmaker Jeanine Añez made her announcement.
An opposition leader in Bolivia’s Senate has declared herself the country’s interim president after the resignation of Evo Morales.
But Juan Cala of Morales’ Movement for Socialism says they will not participate for now because the assembly session is illegal. He also says no one is guaranteeing that they will be safe from reprisals by Morales foes who continue to block roads.Socialist party members have flooded the streets of Venezuela’s capital city to show their support for Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales, calling his ouster a Washington-backed coup d’etat.
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is a long political ally of Morales, who accused the United States of mounting an economic war to overthrow his socialist government.Evo Morales has arrived in exile in Mexico, saying the head of the country that gave him asylum for “saved my life.” Bolivia’s first indigenous president resigned Sunday after the head of the military suggested he step aside following massive protests over official results of a presidential election that Morales claimed to have won outright.The effort to bring Bolivian President Evo Morales to exile in Mexico is proving to be complicated.
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