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Evo Morales defies Bolivian government: 'I will not surrender'

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Supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales clash with police

Bolivian police used tear gas and detained two supporters of former President Evo Morales on Monday after they marched in La Paz, without their leader, against the country's economic crisis and in support of the former leader.

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Car shot at in attempted assassination, claims Bolivia's ex president

Evo Morales has accused the country's current leader, President Luis Arce, of carrying out the attack.

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Bolivia's political crisis deepens after ex-interim president arrested

Jeanine Anez, the conservative interim president who led Bolivia for a year, was arrested on Saturday and released after questioning.

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Bolivia's interim President approves law to hold new general election

Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Áñez has enacted the law to appoint a new electoral board that will be tasked with setting a date for a general election. The bill will bar candidates from running if they have served two presidential terms.

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Was Bolivia's ousting of Morales a coup by the US for lithium?

Euronews worked with experts to debunk a conspiracy theory claiming the ousting of Morales was orchestrated by the United States to control the exploitation of lithium in the country.

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UN warns Bolivia violence 'could spin out of control'

Protesters have been showing off bullet casings and tear gas canisters — debris from clashes with police that left nine dead and more than 100 hurt.

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Vigil in Bolivia after supporters of ousted Morales are shot dead

The Bolivian city of Sacaba was in mourning on Saturday after at least five supporters of the deposed president Evo Morales were shot dead by security forces.

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Supporters of deposed Bolivian president Evo Morales killed in police shootout

A Bolivian town was in mourning on Saturday after at least five supporters of deposed president Evo Morales were shot dead by security forces.

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Who is Jeanine Áñez, Bolivia's interim president?

Less than a month ago, it would have been impossible to predict that Jeanine Áñez, 52, a lawyer with a low political profile, would end up ruling Bolivia, at least temporarily.

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Bolivian Senator Jeanine Áñez declares herself interim president

Jeanine Áñez was sworn in as president after Evo Morales resigned on Sunday.

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Watch: Bolivia's ex-president Morales lands to take up Mexican asylum

The long-serving leftist leader claimed he had been ousted by rivals in a coup following violence sparked by a disputed election.

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Evo Morales political asylum: Is Bolivia facing a coup d'etat?

Morales said he was resigning to ease violence that has gripped the South American nation since the last election in October, but he stoked fears of further unrest by saying he was the victim of a "civic coup" and faced arrest.

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Watch: Bolivian police join scattered anti-Morales protests

Scattered cases of police 'mutiny' are adding to the pressure on President Evo Morales amid a weeks-long standoff over a disputed election last month.

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Bolivia's Morales 'wins outright majority' with 99.9% of votes counted

The result will see Morales lead Bolivia until 2025.

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EU calls for a probe into Bolivia vote-rigging allegations

The demonstration was one of the largest in Bolivia in decades.

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Bolivia elections: Incumbent Morales faces possible runoff

Bolivian President Evo Morales said he was confident he would win Sunday's election outright, despite an official preliminary count of 84% of ballots that showed he would probably be forced to a run-off vote.