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Bolivian Bishops Decry Growing Political Persecution as Ex-Interim President Arrested

Jeanine Áñez, then-interim president of Bolivia, in La Paz, Nov. 18, 2019. Áñez was arrested March 13, 2021, on charges of terrorism, sedition, and conspiracy.

Radoslaw Czajkowski
Jeanine Áñez, then-interim president of Bolivia, in La Paz, Nov. 18, 2019. Áñez was arrested March 13, 2021, on charges of terrorism, sedition, and conspiracy.

The bishops demanded “the immediate release of those arrested” in order to uphold “internationally recognized fundamental rights.”