Tag: #LaPaz
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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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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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Gas, food running short in Bolivia amid protests
La Paz, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): Bolivian taxi driver Carlos Lara has spent three nights sleeping in his car at a service station, hoping that gas supplies held up by supporters of ex-president Evo Morales will make it through. “No gas, no work,” the 72-year-old Lara said Sunday as supporters of Morales continued to block a…
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Bolivia interim leader threatens Morales with charges
La Paz, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s interim leader Jeanine Anez said Friday that exiled ex-president Evo Morales would have to “answer to justice” if he returns, as five of his supporters were killed in fierce clashes with security forces. Morales resigned and fled to Mexico after losing the support of Bolivia’s security forces following weeks…
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Bolivia interim president rules out Morales election bid
La Paz, Nov 15 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s interim president Jeanine Anez on Thursday ruled out exiled leader Evo Morales from standing in new elections as thousands of demonstrators marched through La Paz in support of the socialist icon and against the new, acting leader. Columns of people streamed into the seat of government La Paz from…
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Bolivian senator proclaims herself president
La Paz, Nov 13 (AFP/APP): A deputy speaker of the senate proclaimed herself Bolivia’s new interim president Tuesday during a session of Congress that failed to reach a quorum. Lawmakers had been summoned to formalize Sunday’s resignation of Evo Morales and confirm Jeanine Anez, 52, as interim president, to end a power vacuum. “We want…
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UN urges ‘urgent’ de-escalation of Bolivia violence
La Paz, Oct 29 (AFP/APP): The United Nations on Tuesday called for an urgent de-escalation of tensions in Bolivia, where rival supporters of President Evo Morales and opposition leader Carlos Mesa have clashed since a disputed election. The UN office in La Paz said in a statement that it was making a “resounding and urgent”…
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Dozens wounded in clashes in Bolivia
La Paz, Oct 29 (AFP/APP): Street battles broke out on Monday between supporters of President Evo Morales and opposition leader Carlos Mesa, leaving dozens wounded as protests against alleged electoral fraud in Bolivia entered a second week. Residents of the Achumani neighborhood in southern La Paz used branches, rubble and rope to close roads and…
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Bolivia president Morales says rivals preparing ‘coup’
La Paz, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s President Evo Morales claimed on Sunday his political rivals were preparing to overthrow him next week as strike action and protests against his controversial re-election continued. It was the second time in five days that the leader has warned of a coup, and it comes after Bolivia’s electoral court…