{"id":4333,"date":"2020-11-11T23:04:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T23:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=4333"},"modified":"2020-11-11T23:04:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T23:04:47","slug":"the-fight-goes-on-exiled-former-president-evo-morales-returns-to-bolivia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2020\/11\/11\/the-fight-goes-on-exiled-former-president-evo-morales-returns-to-bolivia\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The fight goes on’: exiled former president Evo Morales returns to Bolivia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Link To Article: ‘The fight goes on’: Exiled Former President Evo Morales Returns to Bolivia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a long year in exile, Bolivia\u2019s former president returned to Bolivia. Greeted by thousands of supporters waving flags, Evo Morales returned to Bolivia’s southern border through Argentina. His return was a single day after the new president, Luis Arce, was sworn in, suggesting that his political career may not be over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last November 11, Evo Morales fled Bolivia after a coup sprung from anti-indigenous sentiments threatened his life. When he was forced into exile, Morales had been trying to secure his 4th term as president, even after voters decided he did not have the right to. He initially sought shelter within Mexico, but spent most of the past year in Argentina, where he was offered asylum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After leftwing Luis Arce, was sworn into office, Morales started a road trip back to his hometown of Orinoca, leading a caravan of vehicles. As he prepared to cross the international bridge, he declared that “As long as capitalism and imperialism exist, the fight goes on.” Even though he has promised to “recover” Bolivia’s democracy through peaceful means, his words may be meaningless in the event of mass protests turning into riots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of Morales\u2019 opposition, and even some within his own socialist party, fear the extent to which Morales will involve himself in Bolivian politics. Luis Arce, Bolivia\u2019s president, will likely attempt to find a role for Morales where he can contribute constructive things but not have any real power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After his exile, hopefully Morales won’t seek another presidency. If he does, it is likely violence will break out across the country as his supporters will clash with those that believe 3 terms is more than enough for him. The end result of this violence will be detrimental to civilians and lawmakers for years to come as they struggle to pick up the pieces of their home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Link To Article: ‘The fight goes on’: Exiled Former President Evo Morales Returns to Bolivia After a long year in exile, Bolivia\u2019s former president returned to Bolivia. Greeted by thousands of supporters waving flags, Evo Morales returned to Bolivia’s southern border through Argentina. His return was a single day after the new president, Luis Arce, was sworn in, suggesting that… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4335,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions\/4335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}