Bolivia’s deposed Evo Morales seeks asylum in Mexico, however vows to return ‘with extra power & vitality’

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales has introduced his departure to Mexico, the place he has been granted asylum, after opposition protests and army officers’ strain pressured the socialist chief’s resignation.

Following his abrupt resignation over the weekend, Morales stated he would flee Bolivia to take up the Mexican authorities’s supply for political asylum prolonged earlier on Monday, however promised to return with renewed vitality. Mexico’s International Minister confirmed that Morales had boarded a Mexican authorities plane “despatched to make sure his secure switch to our nation.”

“Sisters and brothers, I go away for Mexico,” Morales stated in a tweet on Monday evening, including he was “grateful” to Mexico for offering asylum and “[taking] care of our lives.”

It hurts to depart the nation for political causes… Quickly I’ll return with extra power and vitality.

Morales was pressured to resign from his put up after weeks of opposition protests over a disputed election end result, which culminated in army leaders ‘advising’ the embattled president to step down. Whereas slamming the opposition forces as coup plotters and insisting he received October’s election truthful and sq., Morales nonetheless agreed to resign with a purpose to calm tensions throughout the nation.

Hectic protests and clashes between rival activists have continued in cities round Bolivia even after Morales’s resignation. In La Paz on Monday evening, safety forces and opposition protesters erected barricades within the streets in preparation for a big confrontation, as 1000’s of Morales supporters march towards the town. 

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