- February 21, 2016: Bolivia's president loses the referendum on whether he can change the constitution to be able to stand for election for a fourth term as president. A corruption scandal shakes the country ahead of the referendum itself, which then ends with the result 51.3 percent who vote no and 48.7 percent who vote yes, according to the official vote figures.
Morales was elected president for the first time in December 2005, being the first of the indigenous people in the post. He is then re-elected twice with a clear majority.
- December 19, 2016: Morales says he may run for re-election in 2019, despite losing the referendum in February.
- October 20, 2019: Presidential elections are held in Bolivia and Morales is close to securing a fourth term. Challenger Carlos Mesa accuses the government of cheating with the vote because he does not want Morales to be elected in the first round, when at least 50 percent of the vote is required. When 97 percent of the votes are counted, Morales leads by 9.42 percentage points against Mesas, according to Reuters.
- October 30, 2019: Violent political protests shake Bolivia after the country's electoral authority stopped voting without warning on October 20. When it resumed a day later, Morale's lead had increased as much as needed to be able to regain victory in the first round. Bolivia's Foreign Minister Diego Pary asks the intergovernmental organization OAS (Organization of American States) to review the voting bill to sort out the allegations of electoral fraud.
- November 10, 2019: Late on Sunday evening comes the message that Evo Morales resigns as the country's president after several weeks of protests. This after the military asked him to retire. SVT's Latin America correspondent Tigran Feiler says it is "difficult to call it anything other than a coup". Previously, Morales had agreed to OAS's recommendations for a new election.
- November 11, 2019: Morales is granted asylum in Mexico and announces himself that he is leaving his home country to seek protection as it remains uneasy in Bolivia.
- November 12, 2019: Morales lands in Mexico City at 6 pm Swedish time after a long flight that has elapsed at the time. Several countries refused to let the plane that Morales traveled in passing their airspace.
In Bolivia, street protests continue at the same time as Parliament meets to try to swear in Senate Vice President Jeanine Añez as interim president. It ends with Añez announcing himself as acting president. In Parliament, there are not enough members present to make a valid decision.