The Tamayo Perry Diaries

In his absence, U.S.-backed opposition senator Jeanine Áñez declared herself the interim president and promised to hold new elections in just ninety times, as stipulated through the Bolivian Structure. Morales's supporters, who largely come from the indigenous inhabitants, decried this transfer for a correct-wing coup d'etat and started protesting in large figures, demanding Morales's return. Opponents of Morales assert that the armed forces and interim governing administration are returning Bolivia to here democracy, and lots of have termed for Morales's left-wing economic and social reforms being undone. Demonstrations from either side from the divide keep on to roil the state, creating many deaths and various accidents. Fresh polls would only be held a yr down the road Oct eighteen, 2020, which saw the victory of Morales's ally Luis Arce. Áñez was arrested shortly soon after Arce's victory, and was sentenced to a decade' imprisonment in 2022 for her role within the 2019 coup. Western governments have condemned her arrest and imprisonment as an assault on democratic freedoms.