Tag: Evo Morales

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Fugitive former Bolivian official requests political asylum in Chile after rescue operation

  

  Former Bolivian Deputy Minister of Medium, Large Business and Industry Eduardo Peinado Rivero has entered Chile in a quite unorthodox way and applied for political asylum, it was announced Tuesday.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  IACH rules presidential reelection not a human right, Bolivia's Constitutional Court had found otherwise

  

  The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Inter-American Court) Thursday ruled that indefinite presidential re-election is not protected by the American Convention, thus shattering the rationale behind Evo Morales' candidacy despite a negative referendum.

• Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Argentina's Security Minister says her predecessor's buying weapons sent to Bolivia is a “proven” fact

  

  Argentina's Security Minister Sabina Frederic Friday said there was proof corroborating that her predecessor Patricia Bullrich was behind the shipment of weapons and ammunition to Bolivia during the revolt that toppled Evo Morales.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Bolivian Government files charges against former military, police chiefs and Argentine ambassador

  

  The Government of Bolivia Monday announced charges were to be filed against former police and military chiefs as well as a former Argentine ambassador for the shipment of arms which resulted in the toppling of Evo Morales from power in 2019.

• Saturday, July 17th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Charges filed against former Argentine President Macri for helping overthrow Evo in Bolivia

  

  Argentine prosecutors have agreed to file charges against former President Mauricio Macri and several senior officials for allegedly supporting the overthrowing of Evo Morales in November 2019.

• Friday, July 9th 2021 - 08:07 UTC

  Former Argentine President Macri behind overthrowing of Evo Morales in Bolivia, document shows

  

  The Government of Bolivia Thursday disclosed documentation that would prove Argentina was behind the revolt that ended up in the toppling of former President Evo Morales.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 07:56 UTC

  Bolivia's ex acting president Jeanine Añez denounces she's a “political prisoner”

  

  Bolivia's former acting president Jeanine Añez claimed she was a “political prisoner” in remarks on Twitter on Sunday. Añez has been arrested for over three months following coup allegations by her predecessor and rival Evo Morales.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 08:21 UTC

  Mexico blasts OAS Secretary General Almagro, “one of the worst in history”

  

  Mexico's foreign minister on Friday criticized the work of the head of the Organization of American States, Uruguayan born Luis Almagro, adding to its earlier rebuke that the group should not intervene in Bolivia's internal affairs.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Bolivia, Mexico agree to lift mutual visa requirement for short stays

  

  The governments of Bolivia and Mexico Monday announced they had agreed to lift the mutual visa requirement for citizens of either country wishing to travel to the other for stays of up to 180 days.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Major setback for Evo's party: none of its candidates win governors' elections in Bolivia

  

  As the results of Sunday's departmental elections in Bolivia were becoming known Monday, former President Evo Morales' Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) recorded one defeat after another.