A right-wing run-off: What to know about Bolivia’s presidential election
After an historic defeat for the long-dominant political left, two candidates have promised a new pro-market direction.
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Clashes in Bolivia after judge orders opposition leader detained
Opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho to spend up to four months in pre-trial detention on terrorism charges.
![Police clash with supporters of Luis Fernando Camacho, governor of Santa Cruz, during a protest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on December 30, 2022 [Ipa Ibáñez/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AP22365056878670.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Census delay sparks deadly strikes in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz region
Bolivia’s census, postponed until 2024, is expected to shift legislative seats toward the growing Santa Cruz department.
Bolivian ex-President Anez jailed for 10 years for mounting coup
Ex-President Jeanine Anez found guilty of orchestrating a coup that brought her to power in 2019.
Trial against Bolivia’s former president Jeanine Anez suspended
Anez could be sentenced to 12 years in prison if she is found guilty of unconstitutionally assuming the presidency.
Anez supporters protest in Bolivia demanding her release
Protests erupt in four Bolivian cities for the release of former President Jeanine Anez.
![Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, demanding the release of former interim President Jeanine Anez [Lesly Moyano/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-16T034324Z_1496655087_RC23CM9NEQX2_RTRMADP_3_BOLIVIA-POLITICS-ANEZ.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Bolivia’s Jeanine Anez ordered to four months pre-trial detention
The former interim president is charged with terrorism, sedition and conspiracy in relation to events that began in 2019
![Bolivia's former interim President Jeanine Anez arrives at a women's jail after leaving the FELCC (Special Force to fight against Crime) headquarters, in La Paz, Bolivia, March 15, 2021 [Manuel Claure/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-15T160550Z_134557776_RC2SBM9YZDDC_RTRMADP_3_BOLIVIA-POLITICS.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Bolivia ex-president Jeanine Anez behind bars over alleged coup
Conservative politician faced an arrest warrant on charges of ‘terrorism’, sedition and conspiracy.
![Anez, a former senator, took over as caretaker president after Morales left Bolivia in 2019 [File: David Mercado/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-12T190123Z_626822370_RC2V9M9F3FJQ_RTRMADP_3_BOLIVIA-POLITICS-1.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Bolivia’s ex-President Anez says government seeks her arrest
Bolivian prosecutors also want to arrest two men accused of helping force Evo Morales’s departure in 2019.
![Bolivia's former interim President Jeanine Anez shared a link to an arrest warrant, which included her name and several of her former Cabinet and cited allegations of terrorism and sedition [File: David Mercado/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-12T190123Z_626822370_RC2V9M9F3FJQ_RTRMADP_3_BOLIVIA-POLITICS.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Evo Morales completes triumphant Bolivia return. Now what?
After a year in exile, Morales returns to a polarised Bolivia following the election victory of his left-wing party.
![Morales is a divisive figure in Bolivian politics [Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-10T195141Z_1347821455_RC2J0K9PCEMT_RTRMADP_3_BOLIVIA-POLITICS-MORALES.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales waves during a rally with supporters in Chimore, Bolivia, November 11, 2020, from where he flew into exile one year ago. Morales, the nation's first Indigenous president, returned to Bolivia on Monday and led a caravan to this coca-growing region of Cochabamba province where he began his political career, following an election that returned his party to power. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
Bolivia's former President Evo Morales surrounded by supporters in his hometown of Orinoca. [Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP]
Residents of Orinoca celebrate as Evo Morales arrives in the city. [Paolo Aguilar/EPA]
Morales travelled more than 1,000km (600 miles) by land from the border as part of a vehicle caravan that will pass through villages and areas where he remains hugely popular. [Paolo Aguilar/EPA]
Morales spent 11 months in Argentina after he resigned as president and fled the country following three weeks of protests. [Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters]
Hundreds of people braved chilly winds in Villazon, on the Bolivian side of the border, as they waited to greet Morales. [Paolo Aguilar/EPA]
Supporters hold Whipala flags as Evo Morales's caravan travels between Uyuni and Oruro. [Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters]
An indigenous woman, supporter of Bolivia's former President Evo Morales, waits for him in his hometown of Orinoca. [Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP]
Morales visits his birth house in Orinoca. [Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP]
Bolivia has one of the largest Indigenous populations in Latin America, representing 41 percent of the country's 11.5 million population. [Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters]
More than 34 percent of Bolivia's Indigenous population lives in poverty, with their situation made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. [Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters]
Supporters of Evo Morales attend a rally to welcome him in Chimore. Morales remains an immensely popular figure in Bolivia. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
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