Ex-Bolivian president Evo Morales granted asylum in Argentina

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Former Bolivian president Evo Morales has flown to Argentina&comma; where the new centre-left government said it has granted him political asylum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’ve come to Argentina to keep fighting for the most humble people&comma;”<&sol;em> Mr Morales said&period; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I feel strong and excited&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He will live in the capital with his two children&comma; who arrived on November 23&period; The former president fled Bolivia for Mexico last month after nationwide protests and a loss of support from the police and military&comma; then travelled to Cuba for several days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Argentina foreign minister Felipe Sola said the country’s proximity to Bolivia was attractive to Mr Morales&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He feels better here than in Mexico&comma; which is far away&comma;”<&sol;em> said Mr Sola&comma; who took office on Tuesday in the new government of President Alberto Fernandez&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bolivian foreign minister Karen Longaric said she hoped Argentina would not become a platform for Mr Morales to play a long-distance role in Bolivian politics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We expect the Argentine government to comply with international norms of political asylum&comma;”<&sol;em> she said&period; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We don’t want to see what happened in Mexico&comma; where Evo Morales had an open microphone and a stage&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Sola said Mr Morales would have a justified fear for his safety if he stayed in Bolivia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If we didn’t take care of him he’d very quickly be afraid for his life&comma;”<&sol;em> Mr Sola said&comma; adding that he expect that Mr Morales would not make political statements from his new home in Argentina&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Morales was accompanied by at least four former high-ranking officials in his administration&period; He has been accused of sedition and terrorism by the administration of interim President Jeanine Anez&comma; who took power amid unrest that claimed at least 32 lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed95d393018">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed95d393018'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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