A former Halifax resident who was fighting sedition and terrorism charges in Bolivia is breathing a sigh of relief with the return of a socialist government in his home country. "We feel more comfortable in our daily lives because we have no more of this persecution on our backs." Former Bolivian president Evo Morales is seen while returning to his home country from exile in Argentina, at the border town of Villazon, Bolivia, on Nov. 9. Tellez began travelling to Nova Scotia in the mid-1980s and immigrated to Halifax from Bolivia in 1990. His community development work began taking him back to Bolivia in 2006 and he returned to his home country permanently in 2014.

Source: CBC News November 16, 2020 10:07 UTC