The 2020 Bolivian protests were mass anti-presidential demonstrations and pro-Morales unrest after the

2019 Bolivian political crisis A political crisis occurred in Bolivia on 10 November 2019, after 21 days of civil protests following the disputed 2019 Bolivian general election in which incumbent President Evo Morales was initially declared the winner. The elections took pl ...

ousted popular president Evo Morales and his government, and made

Jeanine Áñez Jeanine Áñez Chávez (; born 13 June 1967) is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, and television presenter who served as the 66th president of Bolivia from 2019 to 2020. A former member of the Social Democratic Movement, she previously served two ...

the interim president. Another cause was the delay of the

2020 Bolivian general election General elections were held in Bolivia on 18 October 2020 for President, Vice-President, and all seats in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. Luis Arce of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party was elected president in a landslide, winnin ...

Background

Bolivia has seen many demonstrations and uprisings since the 1952 Bolivian Revolution and has seen many abuse scandals since the killings of peaceful protesters in the

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. Mass protests in 2019, the

2019 Bolivian protests The 2019 Bolivian protests, also known as the Pitita Revolution (), were protests and marches from 21 October 2019 until late November of that year in Bolivia, in response to claims of electoral fraud in the 2019 general election of 20 October. ...

, were a revolution and mass uprising against president Evo Morales, after the results of the

2019 Bolivian general election General elections were held in Bolivia on 20 October 2019. Voters elected all 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 36 senators and cast ballots for a joint slate of president and vice president. The Bolivian constitution allows the Pres ...

were said to be rigged and falsified. Bolivia then ousted him after 13 years in power in the

, which is considered to be a coup. Pro-Morales demonstrations took place for 10 days.

Protests

Protests erupted on 9 August after the election was delayed on 6 August. Mass demonstrators set blockades and looted trees. Protesters marched throughout the indigenous eastern province and started chanting slogans against president

. On 11–13 August, anti-government protests again took place, while no police intervened in the street protests. Strikes were organised for 14–15 August by workers and indigenous tribes but farmer strikes were already taking place, with them

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and starting blockades, while others threatened a nationwide strike. Two weeks of barricades continued throughout the country, marchers chanted and clapped and set fires to branches and broken trees, demanding better treatment of tribes and forest people. On 28 August-28 September, strikes took place and the crisis escalated. On 28 August, thugs stormed the demonstrations and shot at the demonstrators, but no casualties were reported.

Aftermath

General strikes and a series of

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have since been ongoing, with chaos even ongoing into September, October and November, when election protests and strikes took place. The

would be the end of the movement but strikes have continued since.

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Background

Protests

Aftermath

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