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Bolivia's former President Evo Morales chews coca in Lauca N, Chapare region, Bolivia, Nov. 3, 2024, amid an ongoing political conflict with the government of President Luis Arce. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Where is Evo Morales? Bolivia’s ex-leader vanishes from public view for nearly a month

The nearly monthlong disappearance from public view of Bolivia’s towering socialist icon, ex-leader Evo Morales, just days after the Jan. 3 U.S. seizure of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, his close ally, is alarming his supporters, roiling his enemies and galvanizing the internet.

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz holds a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia lifts restrictions on satellite companies like Starlink to upgrade its internet connectivity

An Aymara grandmother passes the ball during a warm up before the start of a handball match in El Alto, Bolivia, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Bolivian Indigenous women carry history and pride in the traditional ‘pollera’ skirt

Police officers escort former President Luis Arce to San Pedro Prison after his arrest as part of a corruption investigation in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivian court orders ex-president jailed for 5 months on corruption charges

Bolivia's President Luis Arce listens to questions during a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Former Bolivian President Arce arrested in corruption investigation a month after leaving office

Bolivia’s capital under siege as protests and blockades deepen crisis for President Paz

La Paz has been cut off after nearly three weeks of blockades by protestors demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz in the face of the economic crisis gripping the Andean nation. At the Children’s Hospital in downtown La Paz, there are only 36 hours of guaranteed oxygen left for the 57 hospitalized children.

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Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz holds a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Clouds hang over the mountains surrounding La Paz, Bolivia, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)

Bolivia eases visa requirements for US and Israeli travelers

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz holds a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia’s new president plans to scrap taxes and borrow money to confront economic crisis

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Bolivia's Government Minister Arturo Murillo walks down a set of stairs at the government palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

US deports Bolivia’s ex-interior minister to face charges for corruption and protester killings

Opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho, the suspended governor of Santa Cruz, holds up the Santa Cruz flag as he is released from jail and allowed house arrest after almost three years in pretrial detention for his involvement in violent unrest that led to the 2019 ouster of then-President Evo Morales, in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gaston Brito)

Key criminal case against ex-interim leader Áñez annulled as Bolivia lurches to the right

Former governor of Santa Cruz Luis Fernando Camacho is escorted by police as he leaves a court hearing regarding the length of his pretrial detention stemming from the crisis over the 2019 ouster of former President Evo Morales, in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Prominent Bolivian opposition leader to be transferred from jail to house arrest

A person walks through Plaza Murillo outside Congress in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia’s long-ruling party was almost eliminated from Congress, final vote results show

Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez presides over a ceremony at the presidential palace, in La Paz, Bolivia, Nov. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Bolivia’s Supreme Court issues rare order that could see detained right-wing politicians freed

Presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz leaves after accompanying his daughter Catalina to vote during general elections, in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Freddy Barragan)

What to know about Bolivia’s election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political landscape

Presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz, center, addresses supporters after early results showed him leading in the presidential election in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Freddy Barragan)

Bolivia heads to a presidential runoff as 2 decades of left-wing dominance ends

A fruit vendor waits for customers in La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Bolivia heads to the polls as its right-wing opposition eyes first victory in decades

A doll adorned with a miniature presidential depicting former President Evo Morales, who is promoting a null vote campaign in the presidential and legislative elections, sits on a shelf in his office during an interview in Lauca N, Chapare region, Bolivia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Blocked from Bolivia’s election, ex-leader Morales not sure how to respond to threats of arrest

Presidential candidate Samuel Doria Medina waves during a closing campaign rally in El Alto, Bolivia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivian voters are hungry for change — and disillusioned by the options ahead of election

Wendy Chipana, a supporter of former President Evo Morales, gives an interview as she campaigns for a null vote in the upcoming presidential elections in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Barred from Bolivia’s elections, ex-leader Morales campaigns hard for invalid votes

Bolivian President Luis Arce arrives to give a press conference alongside his Minister of Government Roberto Rios at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Bolivia’s election may spell the end of its long-ruling left. Here’s what to know

Bolivian presidential candidate Samuel Doria Medina listens to questions during an interview, in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Meet the multimillionaire who wants to be Bolivia’s first right-wing president elected in 20 years

Dancers perform in the annual parade honoring "The Lord of Great Power", in La Paz, Bolivia, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

As Bolivia celebrates its main Andean festival, it feels the pain of mounting crises

Supporters hold a sign with an image of former President Evo Morales and a message that reads in Spanish, "Without Evo, there are no elections," during a protest demanding he be allowed to compete in the upcoming presidential election, near the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia reinstates a leftist challenger but keeps former leader Morales off the ballot

Senate President Andronico Rodriguez attends a ceremony announcing his presidential candidacy for the Alianza Popular (Popular Alliance) party, in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia’s electoral tribunal bans ex-leader Morales and suspends a key candidate, drawing backlash

A man wearing a mask depicting former President Evo Morales marches with his cat towards the offices of the Electoral Tribunal in El Alto, Bolivia, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Supporters of Bolivia’s ex-leader Morales clash with police in push to secure his candidacy

Bolivian President Luis Arce gives a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Bolivia’s President Arce, polls slipping, quits 2025 presidential race

Former President Evo Morales attends a meeting with supporters in Lauca N in the Chapare region of Bolivia, Nov. 22, 2024, amid an ongoing political conflict with the government of President Luis Arce. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Bolivian judge orders the arrest of former President Morales in sex abuse case

Former President Evo Morales chews coca in the Lauca N, Chapare region of Bolivia, Nov. 3, 2024, amid an ongoing political conflict with the government of President Luis Arce. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Bolivia’s former leader Evo Morales seeks a political comeback from his stronghold in the tropics

South Korean martial law soldiers try to enter the National Assembly compound in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 4, 2024. (Cho Sung-bong/Newsis via AP, File)

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Former Bolivia's President Evo Morales points to a bullet hole on his car that he claims was the result of an assassination attempt, in Lauca N, Chapare region, Bolivia, Nov. 3, 2024, amid an ongoing political conflict with the government of President Luis Arce. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Bolivian prosecutors seek the arrest of former President Morales in sexual abuse case

Aymara indigenous people wait in line to vote during judicial elections in Jesus de Machaca, Bolivia, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia’s divisive popular vote for senior judges offers lessons for Mexico

A woman walks next to a queue of truck drivers waiting to fill their diesel tanks in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

‘Everything is expensive!’ Bolivia faces a shocking economic collapse

FILE - Police escort former police colonel Maximiliano Davila, center, as he was presented to the media at a Bolivian Police Command office in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Bolivia’s top court says its former anti-drug chief can be extradited to the US on drug charges

Former President Evo Morales chews coca leaves during a hunger strike in Lauca N, in the Chapare region, Bolivia, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, amid an ongoing political conflict with the government of President Luis Arce. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia’s Evo Morales tells AP he’ll press on with a hunger strike until his rival accepts dialogue

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