Bolivia ex-president Anez arrested in ‘coup’ probe

Bolivia's former interim president Jeanine Anez was arrested yesterday on terrorism and sedition charges over what the government claims was a coup attempt against her predecessor and political rival Evo Morales. Police were also rounding up former ministers who backed the conservative politician's caretaker  government, which was in place for a year after Morales fled the country in November 2019 amid disputed elections, media reports said. The arrests came months after Morales returned to Bolivia from exile on the back of a fresh election victory in October 2020 for the leftist Movement for Socialism (MAS) party he founded. Both the presidency and congress are now under the control of MAS. Anez tweeted a copy of the warrant with the response: "The political persecution has begun."