2019 Bolivian political crisis facts for kids

On 10 November 2019, after 21 days of civil protests following the disputed election results of October 2019 and the release of a report from the Organization of American States (OAS), which showed irregularities in the electoral process, trade unions, the military and the police of Bolivia asked president Evo Morales to resign.

Morales resigned and was offered political asylum to Morales the following day, which Morales accepted a day afterwards.

The second vice president of the Senate, opposition senator Jeanine Áñez, assumed the role of president on 12 November, being the next in line for the presidency.

Morales has called for the Bolivian people to reject the leadership of Áñez. He and his supporters argue that the event was a coup d'état.

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  Jeanine Áñez, pictured here in 2016, was the next in the line of succession and became interim president

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  A demonstration in support of Morales in El Alto on 11 November 2019