LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 03 April 2020

Bolivia went into full lockdown on 29 March, the day after the country suffered its first fatality from the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19). An uneasy political truce is holding in Bolivia for the moment. The Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) of former president Evo Morales (2006-2019), which controls congress, has accepted the need to postpone the rearranged presidential and legislative elections from 3 May, but it is suspicious of the intentions of interim president Jeanine Áñez as draconian measures are implemented to control the spread of Covid-19.

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