Evo Morales

The Bolivian government said the measure responded to Petro's "constant interference" and alleged support for what it described as a "destabilizing movement" affecting Bolivia's democracy

El gobierno de Paz, respaldado por una comunidad internacional cada vez más alarmada, está sonando la alarma: lo que parece ser un levantamiento espontáneo es, al menos en parte, un intento orquestado del ex presidente Evo Morales para derrocar a un gobierno democráticamente electo y abrirse camino de regreso al poder. Y según el ministro de la Presidencia de Bolivia, José Luis Lupo, las manos que tiran de los hilos no son todas bolivianas.

The Paz government, backed by an increasingly alarmed international community, is sounding the alarm: what looks like a spontaneous uprising is, at least in part, an orchestrated attempt by former president Evo Morales to topple a democratically elected government and claw his way back to power. And according to Bolivia's Minister of the Presidency, José Luis Lupo, the hands pulling the strings are not all Bolivian.

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales is once again accusing the United States and the CIA of trying to remove him from Bolivia's political scene, this time claiming there are active plans to "kidnap" him as the South American country faces growing unrest, road blockades and clashes between protesters and police.

Bolivia's long-running debate over where power should sit has resurfaced again, as politicians and citizens argue whether the seat of government should remain in La Paz, move to the economic hub of Santa Cruz, or "return" to the historic capital Sucre.

Morales, 65, claims to be the victim of a campaign to sideline him politically, led by incumbent President Luis Arce who was once an ally but now his main rival.

According to the complaint, Morales had a daughter with a 15-year-old girl when he was 57

Hours earlier, state public prosecutor Sandra Gutierrez announced she had ordered the apprehension of Morales, who was president from 2006 to 2019, for refusing to attend a summons to answer the existing complaint about his alleged "trafficking" of a minor.

The protests began on October 14 after prosecutors charged Morales, who led the country from 2006 to 2019, with statutory rape over his alleged relationship with a 15-year-old girl while in office.

On Friday, the Bolivian military said "irregular armed groups" had taken over a military barracks in Chapare, Morales's political stronghold in the central Cochabamba department.

After 21 days of blockades, losses are estimated at $2.1 billion in various sectors, according to the Ministry of Productive Development.

Cochabamba, Morales' political stronghold, is the crucible of the campaign of blockades which began on October 14 after he was accused of rape over his alleged relationship with a 15-year-old girl while president in 2015.

Bolivia's first Indigenous president claims the charges were trumped-up to try to prevent him returning to power.

For over two weeks, supporters of former president Evo Morales have been blocking roads around the country, particularly in Cochabamba, his political stronghold, to ward off his potential arrest on rape charges.

Morales blamed current President Luis Arce for the shooting amid growing tensions between both political rivals.

The blockages, which the protesters said would be indefinite, began at dawn and are concentrated on two roads that connect the department of Cochabamba -- where Morales spends most of his time -- with the cities of Sucre and Santa Cruz.

Morales' defense cited a "legal impediment" for failing to appear before a judge. Coca farmers threatened with "insurgency and convulsion" if he is detained.

Morales, who served from 2006 to 2019, is mired in a scandal that erupted this week when a prosecutor said she was fired for seeking his arrest as part of a probe into human trafficking that involved a minor.

Thousands of Indigenous marchers waved the flag of Bolivia as well as the flag of Morales and Arce's MAS socialist party.

Morales cited the government's attacks against him as the driving force behind his decision.

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