In Bolivia, A Power Vacuum And Chaos After Morales Resigns As President
Mexico has granted asylum to Morales, who called the events "a coup," while the opposition makes plans for transition. Protesters accuse Morales of fraud in the election granting him a fourth term.
by Laurel Wamsley
Nov 11, 2019
3 minutes
The day after Bolivian President Evo Morales announced his resignation, a number of urgent questions face the nation and its neighbors: Who's in charge? How would a successor be chosen? And should the sudden upheaval be regarded as a military coup or a democratic uprising?
Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Mexico will grant Morales' request for asylum there. Morales in a televised address in which he said it was his obligation "to look
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