Tag: #EvoMorales
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Bolivia court disqualifies Morales from running for Senate
La Paz, Feb 21 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s supreme electoral court on Thursday disqualified exiled former president Evo Morales from running for a Senate seat in May’s general election, saying he did not meet residency requirements. Morales is currently living in exile in Argentina having fled Bolivia in November after resigning as president following three weeks of…
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Bolivia president asks all ministers to resign
La Paz, Jan 27 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez asked all her ministers to resign a little more than three months before a general election, a statement from the presidency said on Sunday. The news came just hours after communication minister Roxana Lizarraga resigned in protest at Anez’s decision to stand as a presidential…
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Bolivia orders arrest of ex-president Morales
La Paz, Dec 19 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s attorney general on Wednesday ordered the arrest of exiled former president Evo Morales after the interim government accused him of sedition and terrorism. Public prosecutors in La Paz signed a warrant for police to detain the 60-year-old and take him to the attorney general’s office. Morales fled Bolivia for…
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Morales arrives in Argentina to seek asylum
Buenos Aires, Dec 13 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s exiled ex-president Evo Morales arrived in Buenos Aires on Thursday where Argentina’s new leftist government of President Alberto Fernandez has granted him asylum. Morales “has just landed at Ezeiza (airport). He’s coming to stay in Argentina as an asylum seeker and will then have refugee status,” Foreign Minister Felipe…
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On the frontline: Bolivians face upheaval and uncertainty
La Paz, Nov 30 (AFP/APP): Weeks of protests, blockades and food shortages rocked Bolivia’s sprawling cities of La Paz and El Alto, making daily life difficult and dangerous. The country’s worst political crisis in more than a decade was ignited by a disputed October 20 election. Incumbent president Evo Morales claimed victory, but opposition groups…
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Bolivia gets back to normal after weeks of unrest
La Paz, Nov 26 (AFP/APP): Bolivia slowly resumed normal activities on Monday, with schools and businesses reopening after weeks of disruptive protests, as the country prepares for new elections without ex-president Evo Morales. Traffic was heavy in La Paz, the epicenter of demonstrations that have raged since a disputed October 20 presidential election, after gas…
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Bolivia’s Congress approves law for new elections without Morales
La Paz, Nov 24 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s Congress approved a bill Saturday that opens the door to new elections without ex-president Evo Morales, as the caretaker government met with protesters to end weeks of unrest. At least 32 people have been killed in violence that erupted after a disputed election on October 20, with protesters’ blockades…
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Bolivia’s president asks Congress to approve law for new elections
La Paz, Nov 21 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez asked Congress Wednesday to approve a law that would allow for new elections, after deadly unrest following the resignation of Evo Morales and the disputed October 20 ballot. The announcement comes after the number of people killed in clashes with security forces at a fuel…
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Three dead as Bolivian military lifts fuel blockade
La Paz, Nov 20 (AFP/APP): Three protesters were killed and 30 wounded in clashes Tuesday with Bolivian security forces lifting an opposition blockade of fuel supplies to La Paz, the public ombudsman’s office reported. Troops and police had moved to lift the siege on a fuel plant in El Alto by supporters of ex-president Evo…
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Catholic Church in Bolivia seeks talks to quell violence
La Paz, Nov 19 (AFP/APP): Thousands of supporters of Bolivia’s ex-president Evo Morales flocked onto the streets of La Paz on Monday to demand the resignation of his interim replacement, as the influential Catholic Church called for a national dialogue to end more than a month of violent protests in which 23 people have died.…