Live Updates: Evo Morales Announces Resignation Amid Calls From Military, Police

The Russian Foreign Ministry is calling on all Bolivian political forces to act responsibly and to find a constitutional solution to the crisis.

"We call on all the political forces in Bolivia to exercise common sense and responsibility, to find a constitutional way out of the situation in the interests of peace, order, resumption of governance over state institutions, ensuring rights of all the citizens and the socioeconomic development of the country, with which we enjoy friendship and constructive and mutually beneficial cooperation. We expect that all the members of the global community, Bolivia's neighbors in the Latin American region, influential countries outside the region and international organizations will show a responsible approach," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that while the Bolivian government was ready to engage in dialogue with the opposition, the opposition's steps resembled an "orchestrated coup."

Konstantin Kosachev, the chairman of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee, said that Evo Morales' resignation is a sign that the country is committed to legal, democratic power transitions and he doubts that the Bolivian opposition will follow suit.

Unidentified individuals attacked the Venezuelan Embassy in La Paz, striking it with dynamite, the Venezuelan envoy to Bolivia, Crisbeylee Gonzelez, said.

"People in hoods attacked the Venezuelan Embassy in Bolivia with dynamite and protected with shields. We are okay, we are safe, but someone is trying to kill us. Help us condemn this barbaric act," Gonzalez said, as quoted by the Bolivian ABI news agency.

The incident took place on Sunday following some mobilization calls throughout social media platforms for Venezuelan expats living in Bolivia to forcefully take over of the Venezuelan Embassy in La Paz.

According to local media, the nation's police chief Vladimir Yuri Calderon said that there was no warrant for the arrest of Evo Morales, slamming the reports as "fake news".

#URGENTE El Gobierno de #Nicaragua Denuncia y Condena enérgicamente el Golpe de Estado perpetrado en Bolivia. pic.twitter.com/wXYvQPbYv1

— Joseph Zamora (@JosephZ98182023) November 11, 2019

Comunicado del @GobiernodeChile sobre la situación en Bolivia ▶️ https://t.co/jE0t71Ikb0 pic.twitter.com/a6rC7GjWPe

— Cancillería Chile 🇨🇱 (@Minrel_Chile) November 11, 2019

Opositores de Cochabamba saquean la casa de Evo Morales. Sacan algunos cuadros a la calle y los queman.pic.twitter.com/PF9i2c3V3o

— Descifrando la Guerra (@descifraguerra) November 10, 2019

Denuncio ante el mundo y pueblo boliviano que un oficial de la policía anunció públicamente que tiene instrucción de ejecutar una orden de aprehensión ilegal en contra de mi persona; asimismo, grupos violentos asaltaron mi domicilio. Los golpistas destruyen el Estado de Derecho.

— Evo Morales Ayma (@evoespueblo) November 11, 2019

Confirmado!! orden de aprehensión para Evo Morales!!
La policia y los militares están buscándolo en el Chapare, lugar que se escondió.
Los Militares le quitaron el avión presidencial y está escondido en el chapare, van por el!
¡JUSTICIA!#NadieSeRinde #Bolivia

— Luis Fernando Camacho (@LuisFerCamachoV) November 11, 2019

Bolivia coup backers are burning the Wiphala flag, an symbol of Indigenous resistance. This is more than symbolic. These violent, racist groups want to rollback the historic gains made by Indigenous people. #thisisacoup

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— The Red Nation (@The_Red_Nation) November 11, 2019

Following Bolivian President Evo Morales resignation, Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, praised the role of the Organization of American States (OAS) "in ensuring a level playing field in Bolivia’s upcoming election is more important now than it ever has been before."

“Bolivia is at a crossroads, and the Bolivian people must be able to count on the international community in the weeks and months ahead. I stand ready to provide any support that I can,” Engel said.

To see @evoespueblo who, along with a powerful movement, has brought so much social progress forced from office by the military is appalling.

I condemn this coup against the Bolivian people and stand with them for democracy, social justice and independence. #ElMundoConEvo

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) November 10, 2019

Jeanine Anez,who earlier announced that she would assume presidency, following Morales' resignation, announced her intention to hold new presidential elections, according to local media.

"I will be in La Paz on Monday to officially assume the presidency in the orderly transfer of [executive] power to call on new elections", Anez told the Unitel broadcaster.

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said that the country had received 20 Bolivian officials at its residence in La Paz and would offer an asylum to former Bolivian president Evo Morales if he sought it.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wrote on Twitter that the country "recognized the responsible attitude of the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, who preferred to resign rather than to expose his people to violence".

The president and vice president of Bolivia's Central Election Commission were arrested, on the order of the country's interior ministry, after international observers reported alleged election irregularities during Bolivia's recent presidential election.

"Prosecution has began investigating the facts of the crimes committed during the election in relation to forging documents, manipulating information, changing and concealing results and voter lists, abuse of power", the Bolivian government said in a statement.

"Institutional breakdown in Bolivia is unacceptable. The Bolivian people must choose as soon as possible, in free and informed elections, their next government", Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said.

The Bolivian Senate's second vice president Jeanine Anez announced that she would assume presidency after other candidates to the post in the line of succession after the resignation of President Evo Morales also resigned, media reported.

Anez announced her decision to the Pagina 7 news outlet.

"In Bolivia, there is an ongoing military operation, we reject it. It is similar to those tragic events that enshrined our Latin America in the last century. Mexico will maintain its position of respect for democracy and institutions", Mexico's Foreing Minister Marcelo Ebrard said.

The Speaker of the Bolivian Senate, Adriana Salvatierra, submitted her resignation on Sunday, hours after Bolivian President Evo Morales and the nation's vice president, Alvaro Garcia Linera, almost simultaneously announced their resignations, local media said.

According to the Bolivian constitution, Salvatierra should have gained a superior authority in the country after both the president and the vice president stepped down.

La derecha con violento y cobarde golpe de estado atenta contra la democracia en #Bolivia. Nuestra enérgica condena al golpe de estado y nuestra solidaridad con el hermano Pdte @evoespueblo. El mundo se debe movilizar por la vida y la libertad de Evo. #EvoNoEstasSolo #SomosCuba pic.twitter.com/dPvZ8zQqJA

— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) November 10, 2019

Condenamos categóricamente el golpe de Estado consumado contra el hermano presidente @evoespueblo. Los movimientos sociales y políticos del mundo nos declaramos en movilización para exigir la preservación de la vida de los pueblos originarios bolivianos víctimas del racismo. pic.twitter.com/c6JGrNBFGo

— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) November 10, 2019

Mensaje del Sr. Gral. Cmdte. Vladimir Yuri Calderón Mariscal COMANDANTE GENERAL DE LA POLICÍA BOLIVIANA pic.twitter.com/ypgpN2vo4g

— POLICIA BOLIVIANA (@Pol_Boliviana) 10 November 2019