### [2019-11-11](/feed/2019/11/11/index.md)

##### 2019 Bolivian protests
# Armed gangs attack people in Cochabamba who appear to be celebrating Evo Morales's resignation. 

The former president, who faced weeks of protest, said he had been forced out in a “coup.” He leaves Bolivia in a power vacuum, with politicians scrambling to form a caretaker government.


### Sources:

1. [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/world/americas/bolivia-evo-morales.html) [Image](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/11/11/world/11bolivia-sub2/11bolivia-sub2-facebookJumbo.jpg)

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