LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivians have new uncertainty to grapple with now that opposition Sen. Jeanine Añez declared herself interim president of the crisis-torn Andean country just hours after Evo Morales flew off to self-exile in Mexico. Bolivia’s first indigenous president arrived in Mexico on Tuesday under a grant of asylum. Añez forged ahead anyway, arguing that Bolivia could not wait and be left in a power vacuum. Añez was a second-tier opposition figure until Morales, Latin America’s longest-serving leader resigned after nearly 14 years in power. “The president of Mexico saved my life,” Morales said, thanking President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for granting him asylum.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 13, 2019 05:29 UTC