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Bolivian President resigned Evo Morales said on Wednesday, November 13, ready to return to his country to appease the situation. In Cochabamba, in his stronghold in central Bolivia, calm is relative, as his supporters hope to march to the capital.
" If my people request it, we are ready to return (to Bolivia) to appease the situation, " Evo Morales told a press conference in Mexico City, where he found asylum . " We'll come back sooner or later, " he added.
The Bolivian president who resigned the day before in Mexico, also called for a " national dialogue " to resolve the crisis in Bolivia. He also refuted the legitimacy of the interim president , Senator Jeanine Añez, who is trying to fill the political vacuum that has formed since the resignation of Evo Morales, a " coup d'état " according to him.
The second vice-president of the Senate proclaimed herself Bolivia despite the lack of a quorum in Parliament, arguing the " need to create a climate of social peace " in the country shaken by a serious political crisis since presidential election late October.
Walk to La Paz
In Cochabamba, the stronghold of Evo Morales, calm is relative. The shops of this central city have reopened in the morning, banks also. There is no military presence in the streets, reports the RFI special correspondent on the spot, Marie Normand . Moreover, a large part of the roads that had been blocked for three weeks are at least partially cleared.
The residents interviewed looked forward to this return to calm, after several days blocked at home. The streets and squares are crowded. The calm is precarious, however, since dams were installed in the north of the city, guarded by groups of young people armed with sticks, dressed like paramilitaries. They are getting organized, they say, with a view to tomorrow, since the supporters of Evo Morales are now hoping to organize a rally in Cochabamba.
In particular, there should be support from the former president's electoral stronghold, who are challenging the proclamation of the acting president. These supports come from the tropics of Cochabamba, a coca leaf growing region, the cradle of the trade union struggle that led Evo Morales to power at the time.
It was there that he took refuge after his resignation, just before going into exile in Mexico. The vice president of the main peasant trade union structure in the region is calling for an uprising of all the social organizations that still support Evo Morales. Their goal is to march Thursday, November 14 to Cochabamba, then to head to La Paz, to demand the return of the former president in Bolivia.