Two days after the new left-wing government took office in Argentina, former Bolivian President Evo Morales traveled to the South American country. „He has just arrived. He has come to stay, ”said Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Sola on TN today. He was granted refugee status and could apply for political asylum.
Morales resigned under military pressure a month ago after being accused by the opposition and international election monitors of fraud in the October 20 presidential election. He exiled himself to Mexico, in Bolivia then took over an interim government office. The supporters of the country’s first indigenous president and his allies in the region speak of a coup.
Morales came from Cuba, where he had undergone a health check in the past few days. His two children had come to Argentina three weeks ago. „Evo Morales feels better here than in Mexico,“ said Foreign Minister Sola. Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard wrote on the short message service Twitter that Morales thanked him for the generosity of the Mexican people.
