US EditionEvo Morales Reappears After More than a Month at a Public Event in Bolivia
Evo Morales returned after seven weeks, endorsing candidates and denying fleeing despite arrest threats, attributing absence to chikungunya complications and criticizing U.S. influence.
- On Thursday, Evo Morales, Bolivia's long-serving former president, reappeared in his political stronghold after almost seven weeks, endorsing candidates for upcoming regional and municipal elections next month.
- Morales said he contracted chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness causing fever and severe joint pain, and warned, `Take care of yourselves against chikungunya`, appearing frailer at age 66.
- Footage released by Radio Kawsachun Coca showed Morales smiling in dark sunglasses while arriving by tractor at a stadium in Chimoré to address supporters.
- With elections imminent, Morales's return could influence local races as the U.S.-Bolivia diplomatic ties and efforts to bring back the DEA unsettle the coca-growing region tied to Morales.
- Morales's disappearance intersects with regional security and diplomatic moves as weeks-long secrecy revealed little about the remote Chapare region where he evaded an arrest warrant on human-trafficking charges.
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Evo Morales reappears nearly 7 weeks after he vanished from the Bolivian public's view
Bolivia’s long-serving socialist former leader, Evo Morales, has reappeared in his political stronghold of the tropics after almost seven weeks of unexplained absence. In his speech at an event for his supporters on Thursday he endorsed candidates for upcoming regional…
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After nearly 7 weeks and many rumors, Bolivia's ex-leader reappears in his stronghold
Bolivia’s long-serving socialist former leader, Evo Morales, has reappeared in his political stronghold of the tropics after almost seven weeks of unexplained absence.
Bolivia's longtime socialist former president, Evo Morales, reappeared in the central Bolivian city of Chimore on Thursday (19/2) after nearly seven weeks of unexplained absence to support candidates in upcoming regional elections, while denying rumors that he had fled the country after the arrest of his Venezuelan president and ally, Nicolas Maduro, by the United States. Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, who served from 2006 until …
In his speech, the former president criticized Rodrigo Paz's management and presented candidates from his organization Evo Pueblo for the subnacio elections...
La Paz, Feb. 19, 2026 (ATB Digital).- The national government spoke briefly about Evo Morales' recent public appearance and noted that he will not enter into polemics with the ex-mandatario, who questioned the current management and stated that he lacks popular support. On the other hand, some legislators said that the police are expected to execute the arrest warrant issued against Morales, in the context of the proceedings opened against him. …
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