Emilia Rojas-Sasse had this interesting development in Deutsche Welle:

Bolivia’s former interim president, Jeanine Anez, was in office for just under a year, from November 12, 2019 to November 8, 2020. Now she is remanded in custody, at the request of the Bolivian public prosecutor, and is being investigated on charges of inciting hatred, terrorism, and conspiracy. The last possible charge refers to an alleged “coup” against Bolivia’s previous president, Evo Morales.

Anez’s supporters say she is the victim of political persecution, which is just what Morales’ supporters said of him when he was forced out of office in November 2019. Charges were brought against him, too — of corruption, terrorism, even pedophilia.

Other members of his government met with a similar fate. In an analysis of 21 such cases, the nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) found “instances of baseless charges, due-process violations, infringement on freedom of expression, and excessive and arbitrary use of pretrial detention.”

Read the full article here.