A supporter attends the Movement for Socialism or MAS party convention to elect a new leader to replace former President Evo Morales in El Alto, Bolivia, in May. The throngs of street vendors in the South American country’s vast informal workforce ended their nearly 60-mile march from Bolivia’s mountain-rimmed plains with a call that summoned years of growing anger over …
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday on charges linked to her assumption of office in 2019 amid violent protests that led to the resignation and exile of her predecessor, Evo Morales. The ouster of Bolivia’s first Indigenous president and his vice president created a power vacuum that allowed …
Former president of Bolivia Evo Morales waves during a rally with supporters in Villazon on Monday after he walked across a border bridge from Argentina. Evo Morales, former president of Bolivia, returned to the nation on Monday after an election that returned his socialist party to power a year after he fled the nation amid a wave of protests. Hundreds …
