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Amid a Bolivian criminal investigation into Evo Morales' sex with a minor girl, allegedly in exchange for political favors to her parents, there is a new and broader allegation brought by a former ally to the press.Permalink On twitter.com
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Angélica Ponce, former leader of Bolivia's Intercultural Communities Women's Organization and once a close ally of Evo Morales, denounces that exiled president lived with three girls and one 19-year-old during his exile in Argentina. eldeber.com.bo/pais/evo-era-visitado-por-ninas-en-argentina-segun-exallegada-hay-mas-denuncias-de-abuso_387985Permalink On twitter.com
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Morales' relationship with the 19-year-old young woman, Noemi M., and its apparent beginnings when she was a minor, was the subject of a 2020 criminal investigation that was largely dropped after that year's election.Permalink On twitter.com
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The other new allegations are explosive, putting these relationships into the same pattern of sexual-access-for-political-favors alleged by prosecutors in the 2015-16 statutory rape case now being pursued by Bolivian prosecutors.Permalink On twitter.com
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The sources of these accusations now span Bolivia's political spectrum, from the Áñez government on the right to Ponce and the Arce government on the left.Permalink On twitter.com
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Ponce broke with Evo in 2022, and was pushed out of the Intercultural community movement for it. noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/interculturales-del-tropico-expulsan-y-exigen-destitucion-de-ponce-que-critico-a-evo-414777 (Intercultural communities were formerly self-named "colonizers," meaning agrarian migrants establishing new farms in E Bolivia.)Permalink On twitter.com
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VP David Choquehuance in 2020: “I think that he [Evo Morales] has more than the two [children he publicly recognizes], it is possible that he has not recognized them. …On twitter.com
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VP David Choquehuance in 2020: "I don’t know how many women he will have had [during his term].I cannot say ‘so many women’, but that there have been some. I have said there there is machismo, and that we have to struggle against it.”Permalink On twitter.com
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María Nela Prada, this week: “I do not know if Evo, and this is what the people expect him to do, in a firm and clear manner, not only responds to justice, but also tells the people that he has never touched a minor in his life, which is exactly what we all expect."Permalink On twitter.com
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Presidential Minister María Nela Prada, in this quote, was attempting to set a moral bar that Evo Morales will not even attempt to clear, and perhaps has done so. abi.bo/index.php/noticias/gobierno/56168-ponen-en-duda-que-evo-morales-diga-que-jamas-en-su-vida-ha-tocado-a-una-menorPermalink On twitter.com
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Angelica Ponce, agrarian women's leader gave this interview: x.com/CarwilBJ/status/1847729635200815399?t=wHL87Il3E_iI-4o8VviyBQ&s=19Permalink On twitter.com
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Bolivian prosecutors have shared with the press that they have travel records for the minor victim from Tarija showing she traveled 79 times in 4 years, including to Venezuela and Argentina. opinion.com.bo/articulo/pais/caso-evo-trata-registro-viaje-victima-venezuela-argentina/20241031000319959125.html Victim has previously urged these records to be reviewed.Permalink On twitter.com
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