Tag: Jeanine Añez Bolivia interin President

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  Bolivian congress finally accepts the resignation of president Evo Morales

  

  Bolivia's Congress voted on Tuesday to accept the resignation of former president Evo Morales, two months after the 60-year-old quit and fled for asylum in Mexico and then Argentina.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  Trump senior advisor says Bolivia's Morales has become a headache for Argentina

  

  A senior adviser to president Trump said that former Bolivian leader Evo Morales has become a “headache” for Argentina. Mauricio Claver-Carone told the Bolivian newspaper Pagina Siete that Argentina should have focused on its economic issues instead of granting Morales asylum.

• Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 12:30 UTC

  Bolivia/Spain/Mexico spat escalates with the expulsion of diplomats

  

  Bolivia's interim president Jeanine Añez announced on Monday that the country will expel Mexico's ambassador and two Spanish diplomats, drawing a tit-for-tat response from Madrid as a dispute over an alleged attempt to extract an ex-government aide escalated.

• Monday, November 25th 2019 - 06:22 UTC

  Agreement in Bolivia to end violence, withdraw the military and hold election without Morales

  

  Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Añez agreed to withdraw the military from protest areas and repeal a law giving them broad discretion in the use of force as part of a preliminary “pacification” deal struck early on Sunday with protest leaders.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 10:27 UTC

  More clashes in La Paz but there is also a tentative agreed date for new elections, January 12

  

  Supporters of ousted Bolivian leader Evo Morales marched into the capital La Paz on Thursday carrying coffins of people killed in clashes with the military and police, drawing attention to the human cost of the crisis in the South American nation.

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Morales calls on the international community to stop a “genocide” in Bolivia

  

  Former president Evo Morales urged the international community on Wednesday to intervene to stop what he called a “genocide” in Bolivia, where at least 32 people have died in violence that erupted after his disputed re-election.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivian forces take control of major gas plant; crucial political discussions for a new election date

  

  Bolivian police and military forces used armoured vehicles and helicopters to clear access to a major gas plant in the city of El Alto on Tuesday, a show of strength after blockades at the facility had cut off fuel supply to nearby La Paz.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Bolivia has interim president, Morales from Mexico pledges he will return: situation remains highly fragile

  

  The head of Bolivia’s Senate, Jeanine Añez, took office as interim president on Tuesday as former leader Evo Morales pledged to keep up his political fight from exile in Mexico after resigning in what he has alleged was a coup.