Ex-Bolivian interim president jailed over assumption of office

Bolivia’s former interim president Jeanine Anez has been jailed (Juan Karita/AP)

Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Anez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges linked to her assumption of office in 2019 amid violent protests that led to the resignation and exile of her predecessor Evo Morales.

Anez was convicted by the court of dereliction of duty and acting against the constitution when she proclaimed herself president in what Mr Morales and his party have called a coup.