Sources: El Mundo
The government of Bolivia accuses supporters of former President Evo Morales of detaining and holding more than 200 soldiers hostage during protests against the sitting Luis Arce government. 2024-11-2
An "irregular armed group" captures a Bolivian military base near Cochabamba, Bolivia, kidnapping military personnel and seizing weapons from the base. Bolivian president Luis Arce says that the group are affiliated with former president Evo Morales. 2024-11-1
Bolivian justice minister Iván Lima announces that the government will seek more charges against former president Jeanine Áñez for her alleged role in massacres perpetrated in Senkata and Sacaba in 2019. Añez is already serving a 10-year sentence on other charges. 2022-07-14
The former president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez is sentenced to ten years in prison for the crimes of breach of duty and resolutions contrary to the Constitution and laws of Bolivia during the 2019 Bolivian political crisis. 2022-06-11
Former interim President Jeanine Áñez is arrested by police and is accused of participating in an alleged coup d'état against ousted President Evo Morales in November 2019. Before being arrested, Áñez denounced the arrest and stated that the "persecution had begun". 2021-03-13
Former President of Bolivia Evo Morales returns back to his country a day after his economic minister Luis Arce was sworn in as the new President. He was forced out of the country last year following unrest over his decision to run for a third term. 2020-11-9
Citizens in Bolivia head to the polls to elect their new president. This is the first time elections are held since the 2019 Bolivian political crisis which saw Evo Morales resigning from power and Jeanine Áñez temporarily taking power. The two main candidates are Luis Arce, representing Morales's party Movement for Socialism, and Carlos Mesa, representing the centrist Revolutionary Left Front. 2020-10-18
Interim president Jeanine Áñez withdraws from the presidential race, saying the opposition needs to consolidate to beat frontrunner Luis Arce, who is representing deposed President Evo Morales' party Movement for Socialism. 2020-09-17
Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez tests positive for COVID-19. 2020-07-9
Bolivia's exiled former president Evo Morales rejects the presidency of opposition senator Jeanine Áñez, but police bar lawmakers from his party from entering the legislature to undo it. 2019-11-13