LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned Sunday, caving in following three weeks of sometimes-violent protests over his disputed re-election after the army and police withdrew their backing, sparking wild celebrations in La Paz. Cuba and Venezuela, longtime allies of Morales, as well as Brazil's leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Argentina's president-elect Alberto Fernandez, denounced a "coup." Morales, a member of the Aymara indigenous community, is a former coca farmer who became Bolivia's first indigenous president in 2006. Those were followed by a raft of other ministerial resignations after Morales' announcement and raised the question of who was in charge, given that vice president Alvaro Garcia Linera also resigned. In the immediate aftermath of the shock announcement, Latin American leftist allies rallied to denounce a coup against one of their own.

Source: Philippine Star November 11, 2019 02:31 UTC