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The recognition of Juan Guaidó, president commissioned by the Venezuelan democratic Parliament, has provoked the immediate response of the new provisional president of Bolivia, Senator Jeanine Añez Chávez: "As constitutional president of Bolivia I invite you to appoint the new ambassador of Venezuela in Bolivia , who will be recognized immediately by our Government. "

The Venezuelan opposition thus has a new continental ally after the latest events in Bolivia . A provisional partner awaiting elections in the Andean country, to be held within a maximum period of three months. If Evo Morales was for almost 13 years and 9 months a faithful partner to Caracas, now the diplomatic situation has taken a Copernican turn after the mutual recognition of two interim presidents as similar as different . So far, Brazil has also recognized Añez.

The Constitutional Court of Bolivia recognized yesterday the opposition senator as provisional president of the country after a rocambolesque parliamentary session, during which the Assembly members of the Movement To Socialism (MAS) tried to block her appointment despite being the fifth in the line of succession after the resignation of Evo, its vice president, the president of the Senate and the president of the Congress.

The main court of justice argued in its resolution that the absence of a quorum did not impede the succession given the situation of disorder and misgovernment prevailing in the Andean country. This is the same judicial body that had previously allowed Evo's second reelection and also the participation of the Aymara leader in the elections of October 20, despite being defeated from the 2016 referendum.

"They are an inspiration to our country, we have the conviction that we will achieve freedom," said Guaidó. The fall of Evo Morales has given new strength to the opposition in the face of the protest next Saturday. Even the polls predicted that there was no greater courage in the country to return to the streets, but the sudden defeat of the indigenous revolution after 21 days of protests in Bolivia has even caused Nicolás Maduro to call the militias to activate the " surveillance plan "in the Venezuelan streets, rifle at the ready .

The proGuaidó initiative is one of the first decisions of the Bolivian provisional president, who has also eliminated the official greeting of "homeland or death" and who is already preparing the preparation of her cabinet. In her appearances so far she has been surrounded by police, a key factor in the fall of Evo since last Friday they started a riot in Cochabamba.

The Army has joined the surveillance of the streets, after 48 hours of riots caused by followers of the MAS. The Cochabamba coca coordinator has called for a national protest, whose objective is to replace Morales in the presidency.

The indigenous leader, from his exile in Mexico, has responded that if "my people ask for it, we are willing to return . "

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