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  • Bolivia's socialist-dominated congress on Friday voted to give amnesty to those prosecuted for acts of violence during the chaos that followed the November 2019 resignation of then-president Evo Morales. Bolivia's congress is dominated by Morales's Movement for Socialism (MAS) party after it romped to victory in an October 2020 general election that also saw Luis Arce from the party win the presidency. The law means that those prosecuted for violence during the year-long reign of conservative president Jeanine Anez will face no punishment. The vote met fierce resistence from the opposition in Congress who shouted: "Dictators! Yes to democracy, no to dictatorship!" MAS legislators responded by chanting: "Murderers!" Clashes between supporters and opponents of MAS and subsequently MAS sympathizers and the security forces left 35 dead. Unrest broke out after Morales stood for and won an unconstitutional reelection in October 2019. An audit by the Organization of American states found the election was fraudulent. After three weeks, he resigned and fled the country, after which his supporters took to the streets in their droves. The law says that those to benefit from the amnesty will be "people who were prosecuted during the de facto government," as MAS refers to the Anez administration. Anez, who was deputy Senate speaker at the time, assumed the presidency after Morales and the three next highest ranking MAS government officials all resigned. MAS and its supporters accused her of being behind a coup d'etat, with support from the United States. Police and members of the armed forces accused of complicity in the violence that left 35 people dead are not included in the amnesty. Centrist ex-president Carlos Mesa accused MAS of approving the law "to cover up crimes and leave in impunity the violation of human rights committed by their co-religionists (MAS supporters) after the fraud of 2019." jac/bc/mdl
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  • Bolivia congress gives amnesty for 2019 political violence
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