Bolivia: the theft of Evo Morales' phone source of curiosity and rumors
Former President of Bolivia Evo Morales.
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Last Sunday, August 28, the phone of the former president of Bolivia and current leader of the ruling party, Evo Morales, was stolen during a public event.
This theft reveals the dissensions that exist within the Movement towards Socialism, the party in power, and leaves room for all the rumours.
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With our correspondent in La Paz
,
Alice Campaignolle
In Bolivia, a mobile phone theft makes headlines.
Not just any cell phone, however, since it's
Evo Morales
' .
It was via Twitter that the ex-president denounced the facts publicly, barely concealing his suspicion of the current Minister of the Interior: "
the theft of my telephone took place during an event in the presence of the minister and his security team.
We don't want to believe in an organized attack
,” he wrote.
After the events, journalists present said that a large-scale police operation had been deployed in the area.
Which did not fail to make people talk.
Julio César Cossio, the department's police chief, himself had to speak up to deny it.
Divisions at the heart of power
The Bolivian police have reportedly moved their investigative staff for this case, but in reality so far there have been no complaints filed.
And the teams that were there were there for something else and arrested a fugitive criminal, accused of robbery.
And Internet users have had a field day imagining what could be found in Evo Morales' laptop.
Contacts of
drug traffickers?
Being himself a coca producer.
Pictures of young girls?
The ex-president having already been pinned for his relations with very young women.
But this theft above all reveals the divisions at the heart of power.
The Movement to Socialism, the main party in Bolivia, this rock that has ruled the country since 2006, is cracking.
Que el pueblo boliviano y especialmente la militancia del MAS-IPSP sepa: Además de mi teléfono, robaron dos celulares de mi única asistente de comunicación.
Como dije, es la primera vez que nos pasa esto.
Por responsabilidad denunciamos este acto que esperamos no sea premeditado.
— Evo Morales Ayma (@evoespueblo) August 30, 2022
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