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The former president of Bolivia Evo Morales traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to witness the presentation of the book “Evo: Operation Rescue. A geopolitical plot in 365 days ”, which took place in the Mexican embassy and broke down when he began to commemorate his departure from the country, in November 2019, after his resignation from the Presidency.
“I am very grateful. They not only saved my life, they took care of me, they fed me,” Morales said at the presentation of the book written by Spanish Alfredo Serrano Mancilla that has just been published, reported EFE.
“Thank you very much, brother Alberto, we will never forget, not Evo but all of Bolivia,” said former president Morales.
Surrounded by Argentine President Alberto Fernández and former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, as well as former Vice President Álvaro García and former Minister Gabriela Montaño, Morales thanked the support he received to leave the country in the midst of a social upheaval that resulted from the allegations of fraud. electoral.
Fernández recounted the efforts he made for Morales to reach Mexico, where he took refuge, and then to Argentina, at his invitation.
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An OAS audit report on that year’s elections revealed serious irregularities in the vote counting systems. The preliminary document was published on November 10, and hours later Morales resigned.
The police had supported the protests and their commander Yuri Calderón and that of the Armed Forces Williams Kaliman suggested their resignation.
Morales, president of Bolivia between 2006 and 2019, insisted that he was the victim of a coup, reiterated that he left the Government and his country on November 11, 2019 to save his life and that of his collaborators, but also to avoid a slaughter.
He assured that he was willing to stay in Bolivia, but the reflection of his collaborators on the premise of saving his life to protect the political project made him change his mind, he argued.
At the presentation of the book, García spoke about its content and thanked the Argentine president for his help.
At the end of the intervention of whoever was his collaborator, the MAS leader took his face and could not hide his emotion.
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Serrano Mancilla is executive director of the Latin American Strategic Center for Geopolitics (CELAG). “Thousands of anecdotes occurred that the protagonists know them,” said the researcher.
“This book is a tribute to good people. There were many good people around for Evo, Álvaro and Gabi to come out alive,” said the author, who stressed that the Argentine president “played it” to safeguard Morales’ life. according to EFE.
