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Was there a coup in Bolivia? Former Morales ambassador & historian of Latin America debate
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5:38Now PlayingA political crisis is unfolding in Bolivia, following the military's demand for longtime president Evo Morales to resign. Morales — the country's first indigenous president— has taken asylum in Mexico as his party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) denounces his resignation as a military coup and supporters take the streets in protest. Right-wing senator Jeanine Áñez declared herself president Tuesday, despite a lack of quorum in Congress. Morales was re-elected for a fourth term in the October election, which critics say was marred by fraud. For more on the situation in Bolivia, we speak with two experts: Former Morales ambassador Pablo Solon, joining us from La Paz, says that what happened in the country was not a coup but rather a crisis that he blames on an "addiction to power" by Morales and his party; Kevin Young, an assistant professor of history at University of Massachusetts Amherst, says a coup is "the unconstitutional removal of a sitting president before that president's term in office is up," which applies to what happened in Bolivia.
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