The former president landed at 6 pm Swedish time in Mexico City after a long flight that extended, when several countries refused to let the plane with Morales pass their airspace.

Morales says he will continue as a politician for as long as he lives.

"I will not change because of the coup," Evo Morales told Reuters news agency.

Earlier on Tuesday, Morales wrote in a post on Twitter that he intends to return to Bolivia soon "with more vigor and energy".

Asylum offered in Mexico

On the spot, Mexico's Vice President and Foreign Minister was waiting. Mexico describes developments in Bolivia as a coup d'état and has therefore offered Evo Morales asylum since being forced out of power on Sunday.

"It is a coup because the army demanded the departure of the president and it violates the country's constitutional order," Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard previously said.

In Bolivia, street protests continue while Parliament is meeting to try to swear in Senate Vice President Jeanine Añez as interim president. Morale's party MAS, which has a majority in parliament, opposes Añez's power.