{"id":18297,"date":"2021-03-13T11:28:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18297"},"modified":"2021-03-13T11:28:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:28:11","slug":"bolivia-ex-interim-president-jeanine-anez-arrested-over-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/03\/13\/bolivia-ex-interim-president-jeanine-anez-arrested-over-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia: Ex-interim President Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez arrested over &#8216;coup&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">The former interim president of Bolivia, Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez, and several ex-ministers have been arrested.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Prosecutors say she and the ministers took part in a coup against the then President Evo Morales in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Morales resigned and fled Bolivia after protests and allegations of electoral fraud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Ms \u00c1\u00f1ez has said she is the victim of a political vendetta by Mr Morales&#8217;s Mas Socialist party, which has since returned to power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The party won a landslide victory in presidential and congressional elections in October last year, paving the way for Mr Morales to return to Bolivia from Argentina and take over the leadership of the Mas party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>His colleague Luis Arce was elected president, though Mr Arce stressed in a BBC interview last year that he would pursue his own political path, saying he was not Evo Morales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>As the most senior senator, Ms \u00c1\u00f1ez became caretaker president after Mr Morales fled. But members of the Mas party accused her, in cahoots with police and military figures, of engineering his overthrow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>She was detained in the early hours of Saturday in the city of Trinidad, government minister, Eduardo Del Castillo Del Carpio, announced on Facebook. She was then taken by plane to the city of La Paz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-54917343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In pictures: Bolivia&#8217;s ex-leader Morales returns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-12166905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evo Morales&#8217; turbulent run<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-18727507\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In profile: Bolivia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Ms \u00c1\u00f1ez earlier tweeted &#8220;the political persecution has begun&#8221; and said an arrest document listed charges of terrorism, sedition and conspiracy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-2y05cd-StyledFigure e34k3c20\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/14704\/production\/_117561738_9433b5e5-80a4-4cce-bc4a-6454b15a2d43.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/14704\/production\/_117561738_9433b5e5-80a4-4cce-bc4a-6454b15a2d43.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/14704\/production\/_117561738_9433b5e5-80a4-4cce-bc4a-6454b15a2d43.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/14704\/production\/_117561738_9433b5e5-80a4-4cce-bc4a-6454b15a2d43.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/14704\/production\/_117561738_9433b5e5-80a4-4cce-bc4a-6454b15a2d43.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/14704\/production\/_117561738_9433b5e5-80a4-4cce-bc4a-6454b15a2d43.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/14704\/production\/_117561738_9433b5e5-80a4-4cce-bc4a-6454b15a2d43.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Evo Morales\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c21\">Evo Morales returned to Bolivia in November last year (Image: EPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bolivian television also aired images of former energy minister Rodrigo Guzman and former justice minister Alvaro Coimbra being detained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Morales fled Bolivia in November 2019 after weeks of violent protests and after losing the backing of the military over his controversial re-election to a fourth term in office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Several of his allies in senior posts also left the country.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-56381697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The former interim president of Bolivia, Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez, and several ex-ministers have been arrested. Prosecutors say she and the ministers took part in a coup against the then President Evo Morales in 2019. Mr Morales <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/03\/13\/bolivia-ex-interim-president-jeanine-anez-arrested-over-coup\/\" title=\"Bolivia: Ex-interim President Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez arrested over &#8216;coup&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[7636,931,1103,7632,7631,7634,7635,7633],"class_list":{"0":"post-18297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-world","9":"tag-alvaro-coimbra","10":"tag-bolivia","11":"tag-coup","12":"tag-evo-morales","13":"tag-jeanine-anez","14":"tag-la-paz","15":"tag-rodrigo-guzma","16":"tag-trinidad","17":"pmpro-has-access"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18299,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18297\/revisions\/18299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}