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Weekly Report - 26 February 2026 (WR-26-08)
BOLIVIA: Morales resurfaces
Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales (2006-2019), usually an inescapable presence in the country’s politics, disappeared from public view for over six weeks from early January. His absence, which began shortly after the US capture of Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro (2013-2026), triggered speculation that he had left the country to avoid arrest on the human trafficking charges that he has been evading for over a year [WR-25-02]. On 19 February he resurfaced in his stronghold of Chapare, Cochabamba department, where he called for a revival of his personalist political movement in next month’s regional and municipal elections.
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