Tag: Evo Morales

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 07:57 UTC

  Bolivia's congress recommends lawsuit against out-going conservative interim president Jeanine Añez

  

  Bolivia's Congress, controlled by the socialist party of the former indigenous President Evo Morales, approved on Thursday night a report that recommends a lawsuit against outgoing right-wing President Jeanine Añez for genocide and other alleged crimes.

• Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Ex Bolivian president calls for calm after right-wing protestors called for a “military junta”

  

  Exiled former Bolivian president Evo Morales called for calm after several hundred right-wing protesters demanded that a “military junta” replace socialist president-elect Luis Arce.

• Sunday, October 25th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Evo Morales leave Argentina for Venezuela

  

  Bolivia's former president Evo Morales has traveled to Venezuela from Argentina, where he was living in exile, according to media reports.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivian president-elect: “no role” for the winning party leader Evo Morales currently exiled in Argentina

  

  Bolivia's president-elect Luis Arce said on Tuesday that there was “no role” in his government for socialist party leader Evo Morales, who governed for almost 14 years before resigning under pressure last year and fleeing the country.

• Tuesday, October 20th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Morales planning to return to Bolivia following on Arce's 20-point margin victory

  

  Exiled former president Evo Morales on Monday signaled his intention to return to Bolivia after his leftist heir Luis Arce's sweeping presidential election victory. Arce, a former economy minister under Morales, claimed victory in Sunday's election after exit polls suggested a crushing triumph over centrist rival Carlos Mesa.

• Monday, October 19th 2020 - 09:52 UTC

  Bolivians waiting anxiously for results in an election which hopefully can restore stability

  

  Hours after polling began to end on Sunday, Bolivians waited anxiously for results in an election that many hope can restore stability after a voided ballot last year plunged the nation into crisis and ended the long rule of Evo Morales.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Bolivia's military and police called on political leaders to dialogue and lift blockades

  

  Bolivia's top military and police chiefs on Monday called on political leaders to hold a dialogue to ease tensions and lift a week-long blockade over postponed elections.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  “Mobilizations” anticipated in Bolivia as election date was pushed back to October

  

  Bolivia's general election will be pushed back until October 18 as the coronavirus pandemic grips the South American nation, which is forecasted to fan tensions between the interim conservative government and the socialist party of former President Evo Morales.

• Saturday, February 29th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Bolivia's October presidential election: no statistical support for claims of vote fraud

  

  The following article was published by The Washington Post, based on a report from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab political scientists John Curiel and Jack R Williams (*)

• Monday, January 27th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Havana claims Bolivia suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba pressured by Trump

  

  A day after Bolivia suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba, Havana accused its interim government of having sought to sabotage bilateral ties ever since it took power last year, partly under pressure from the Trump administration.