Tension mounts in the capital following president Morales’ resignation on Sunday in the wake of a disputed election.
Bolivian capital La Paz braced for violent clashes last night as thousands of supporters of ousted leader Evo Morales marched towards the city where opposition protesters and police set up barricades and armed themselves for a potential showdown.was granted asylum by Mexico, who demanded the leftist leader be granted safe passage to leave Bolivia.
The 60-year-old former llama herder and coca leaf farmer was viewed by many as a champion of the poor who brought steady economic growth, but to others, he was an autocrat who overstepped by defying a referendum on presidential term limits. Speaking tearfully about the crisis, she said the Senate would look to hold a session today and urged members of Morales’ Movement for Socialism party to attend to find a constitutional solution and interim president.
Morales’ exact whereabouts were unknown, though it was believed he had left in the presidential plane for his stronghold of Chapare province, where he rose to prominence as a union leader.
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