Bolivia’s former interim president remanded in custody over 2019 ‘coup’

Standing behind bars, Bolivia’s former interim President Jeanine Anez speaks to an unidentified woman at a police station jailhouse, in La Paz (Juan Karita/AP)

A judge in Bolivia ordered former interim president Jeanine Anez held for four months in preventative detention following her arrest on charges linked to the 2019 ousting of socialist leader Evo Morales, which his supporters consider a coup d’etat.

Prosecutors accuse Ms Anez, who assumed the presidency following Mr Morales’ resignation and exile, of terrorism and sedition for the violent social explosion that led to his ousting.