Tag: Bolivia General Elections 2019

• Tuesday, November 12th 2019 - 05:38 UTC

  Bolivia's Morales flying to political asylum in Mexico, promises to return

  

  Bolivia’s ousted president Evo Morales was flying to political asylum in Mexico on Monday night, the latest step the once-beloved leader’s rapid fall, while military and police deployed in the streets of La Paz to quell violence.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Bolivia: Street battles between supporters of president Morales and opposition leader Carlos Mesa

  

  Street battles broke out on Monday between supporters of President Evo Morales and opposition leader Carlos Mesa as protests against alleged electoral fraud in Bolivia entered a second week.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Riots and arson in Bolivia to protest election results giving president Morales a fourth consecutive term

  

  Bolivia’s electoral authority announced on Monday night that President Evo Morales was close to avoiding a runoff in his re-election bid, touching off protests by the leader’s opponents already upset by a sudden halt in the release of the vote count.