Civil protests following the presidential election results of October 2019, alleged electoral fraud and finally the military command's request for President Evo Morales to resign pushed the country for a couple of days in a power vacuum marred with violent confrontation. Evo Morales fled the country and accepted asylum in Mexico whereas the second vice-president of the Senate assumed the role of President. With the opposition firmly in control of the Presidency, new elections have 6 months later still not been held. Pro-Morales demonstrators in downtown La Paz. The elected President, Evo Morales, fled the country after losing support from the military. A conservative government has taken control by appointing the speaker of the Senate as interim President of the country. La Paz, Bolivia, November 2019