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Bolivia arrests ex-leader in crackdown on opposition
AP News ^ | 03/13/2021 | CARLOS VALDEZ

Posted on 03/13/2021 8:52:08 AM PST by BenLurkin

Jeanine Áñez was detained in the early morning in her hometown of Trinidad and was flown to the capital, La Paz. She had earlier warned that officials were searching for her, terming it “abuse and persecution” in Twitter posts.

The arrest of Áñez and warrants against numerous other former officials further worsened political tensions in a South American country already torn by a cascade of perceived wrongs suffered by both sides. Those include complaints that Morales had grown more authoritarian with nearly 13 years in office, that he illegally ran for a fourth reelection and then allegedly rigged the outcome, that right-wing forces led violent protests that prompted security forces to push him into resigning and then cracked down on his followers, who themselves protested the alleged coup.

Other arrest warrants were issued for more than a dozen other former officials. Those include several ex-cabinet ministers, as well as former military leader William Kaliman and the police chief who had urged Morales to resign in November 2019 after the country was swept by protests against the country’s first Indigenous president.

After Morales resigned — or was pushed — and flew abroad, many of his key supporters also resigned. Áñez, a legislator who had been several rungs down the ladder of presidential succession, was vaulted into the interim presidency.

Once there, she abruptly wrenched Bolivia’s policies to the right and her administration tried to prosecute Morales and an array of his supporters on terrorism and sedition charges, alleging election rigging and oppression of protests.

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KEYWORDS: albertootarola; bolivia; china; cuba; dinaboluarte; evomorales; jeanineanez; russia
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1 posted on 03/13/2021 8:52:08 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Election. Rigged the outcome -
A democrat then.


2 posted on 03/13/2021 9:38:46 AM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: FlyingEagle

She was a Conservative president who had power for a year after a socialist tyrant was pushed out by security forces. She should have learned from Pinochet what she had to do to stop the left. The left will not hesitate if given a chance to return.


3 posted on 03/13/2021 9:57:23 AM PST by Nateman (Keep Liberty Alive! Article V)
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To: FlyingEagle

“Once there, she abruptly wrenched Bolivia’s policies to the right and her administration tried to prosecute Morales and an array of his supporters on terrorism and sedition charges, alleging election rigging and oppression of protests.”

Morales, Pope Frankie’s fave, is a serious Marxist ... she, the person arrested, is on the side of freedom.


4 posted on 03/13/2021 1:22:53 PM PST by livius
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