Bolivia Crisis: Ex-President Morales Flees to Mexico

Bolivia Crisis: Ex-President Morales Flees to Mexico
Bolivia's President Evo Morales addresses the media at the presidential hangar in the Bolivian Air Force terminal in El Alto, Bolivia, Nov. 10, 2019. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
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Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales has fled his country on a Mexican air force plane after requesting asylum from his socialist ally, leaving a power vacuum in Bolivia as it descends further into chaos from election fraud protests.

Mexico’s Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard granted Morales’ asylum request at a press conference on Nov. 11.

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