Where's Evo? Missing Morales mystery as Bolivia's ex-president goes to ground

"For more than a year, he stayed hidden in plain sight: despite an arrest warrant for human trafficking charges, former president Evo Morales moved freely in at least one region of Bolivia, attended rallies, received foreign journalists and went to the polls to cast his vote in the 2025 presidential election. But shortly after the United States attack onVenezuela and the detention of Nicolas Maduro Morales disappeared from view; a month later his whereabouts remain a mystery."

"Bolivia's first Indigenous president immediately criticised the attack on Caracas as brutal imperial aggression, both on social media and, the day after the strike, on his Sunday radio programme broadcast from the heart of the Chapare, a coca-producing region in central Bolivia. Since then, however, the man who was once one of the most recognisable faces in Latin America has not been seen either on his programme missing four editions or at the public events he used to attend."

Evo Morales lived openly for over a year despite an arrest warrant for human trafficking, attending rallies, meeting journalists and voting in the 2025 election. He publicly condemned a US attack on Venezuela and the detention of Nicolas Maduro, then disappeared; a month later his location remains unknown. His radio programme missed four editions and he stopped appearing at public events. The disappearance generated theories including claims he fled. President Rodrigo Paz Pereira is strengthening US ties and seeks to bring back the DEA. Allies and coca growers say Morales is ill, with supporters claiming he contracted dengue.

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