• Crisis in Bolivia, Morales announces his resignation
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November 11, 2019There is an arrest warrant for Evo Morales, who yesterday resigned as president of Bolivia after losing support from the army and police. He stated it himself via Twitter, adding that "violent groups" stormed his home. The news was confirmed by Luis Fernando Camacho, leader of the committees that led to the resignation of Morales, who added that the authorities are looking for Morales in Chapare, an area of ​​the central department of Cochabamba.

Denunciation before el mundo y pueblo boliviano that an oficial de la policía anunció públicamente that holds instrucción de ejecutar an orden de aprehensión ilegal en contra de mi persona; asymism, grupos violentos asaltaron me domicile. Los golpistas destruyen el Estado de Derecho.

- Evo Morales Ayma (@evoespueblo) November 11, 2019

Mexico offers asylum to Morales
Mexico, meanwhile, through Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebra, offered asylum to the former president of Bolizia after 20 government officials sought refuge in his embassy in La Paz.

Demonstrators in the Venezuelan Embassy in La Paz
Meanwhile, hooded protesters invaded the Venezuelan embassy in the capital of Bolivia. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is an ally of Morales and has denounced Sunday's events as a coup.

Violence in La Paz and El Alto after Morales resigned
Unrest broke out on Sunday night in La Paz and El Alto, a city near the Bolivian capital, following the resignation of President Evo Morales. According to local media reports, many buses were burned, as were the homes of prominent people in the protest against Morales. In La Paz, dozens of protesters "entered our facilities and are burning buses," the municipal public transport service wrote on Twitter. The media showed that 15 vehicles were on fire in the bus maintenance center. The leader of a collective of citizens, Waldo Albarracin, among the leaders in the request for Morales' resignation, said that his house was burned and destroyed by "a crowd" of members of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), the party by Evo Morales. Albarracin, rector of the State University of La Paz, broadcast a video of his burning residence on his Twitter account. Even a presenter from the University Television, Casimira Lema, said that her house was burned.

Opponents celebrate their resignation
Thousands of people took to the streets in La Paz to celebrate the resignation of Evo Morales after protests and protests against the results of the October 20 elections and the disputed self-proclaimed victory of the outgoing president. Protesters and opponents joined in a march in La Paz, which was also attended by Morales' opposition leader and challenger Carlos Mesa.

President-elect of Argentina denounces "coup" in Bolivia
The president elected in Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, denounced "the coup" in Bolivia against President Evo Morales, promising "we will strongly defend democracy in all of Latin America". "We defenders of democratic institutions repudiate the violence that prevented Evo Morales from concluding his presidential mandate and altered the course of the electoral process," Fernandez wrote in his Twitter account.