A Coup or Popular Uprising
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
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