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In Bolivia, A Power Vacuum And Chaos After Morales Resigns As President

Mexico has granted asylum to Morales, who called the events "a coup," while the opposition makes plans for transition. Protesters accuse Morales of fraud in the election granting him a fourth term.
People block a street with a banner reading "brother policeman, the village is with you" near the main square in La Paz on Monday, the day after Bolivian President Evo Morales announced his resignation.

The day after Bolivian President Evo Morales announced his resignation, a number of urgent questions face the nation and its neighbors: Who's in charge? How would a successor be chosen? And should the sudden upheaval be regarded as a military coup or a democratic uprising?

Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Mexico will grant Morales' request for asylum there. Morales in a televised address in which he said it was his obligation "to look

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