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| - Here is a recap of a year of turmoil in Bolivia, from the disputed presidential election which led to president Evo Morales' resignation, to the October 18 poll. The crisis has left 35 people dead, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. On October 20, 2019, Bolivians go to the polls with Morales, Latin America's longest serving leader, seeking a fourth term. His only serious challenger is centrist and former president Carlos Mesa. Violence breaks out at protests after the election authority releases provisional results on October 21 showing Morales edging to outright victory. On October 25 the election authority issues final results, giving Morales 47.08 percent of the vote and Mesa 36.51 percent. The opposition and some members of the international community call for a rerun. Abandoned by the police and military, on November 10, Morales announces his resignation in a televised address from his native coca growing region in central Bolivia. The streets of La Paz explode in celebration. Morales is granted political asylum in Mexico, arriving there on November 12. He says he was the victim of a "coup" and vows to stay in politics. The same day the constitutional next-in-line, deputy senate speaker Jeanine Anez, declares herself Bolivia's interim president. On November 24, Anez signs a bill into law authorising a new ballot, annuls the October vote results and prevents Morales from running. On December 5, the Organization of American States (OAS) concludes that "malicious manipulation" affected the October vote. On December 18, the attorney general orders Morales' arrest on suspicion of sedition and terrorism. On January 8, 2020, the interim government launches a corruption probe into nearly 600 former government officials, including Morales. On January 19, Morales, still head of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party, says his former economy minister Luis Arce will be a presidential candidate in the election set for May 3. Interim leader Anez says she will also run. The candidates also include Mesa, Luis Fernando Camacho and right-wing former president Jorge Quiroga. In March, Bolivia is placed under coronavirus lockdown, and the election postponed indefinitely. In May, protests by Morales supporters from farmers' unions and indigenous groups mushroom, demanding an end to the quarantine and an election date. Health Minister Marcelo Navajas, suspected of graft during a purchase of respirators for Covid-19 patients, is fired and jailed. Some coronavirus restrictions are lifted on June 1. In June, a general election is set for September 6. On July 6, the public prosecutor accuses Morales of suspected terrorism offences and financing terrorism, again demanding his arrest. On July 14, thousands of people defy the lockdown to protest in La Paz against the government's health, education and employment policies. On July 23, the electoral court announces another postponement of the poll, to October 18, due to an increase in coronavirus cases. On July 26, leaders of Morales' party warn of social "convulsions" if the September 6 date is not maintained. The next day Anez says she has recovered from the coronavirus, which has also infected several ministers. On July 28, thousands of Morales' supporters demonstrate in his stronghold El Alto, demanding the government roll back plans to postpone the vote. The government accuses Morales of two alleged sexual relationships with minors. In mid-September Anez withdraws from the presidential race. In late September, three top ministers resign, in protest, one says, at a government decision to hand back public shares to a group of private shareholders. Quiroga also withdraws. doc-ang/jmy/fg
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