Evo Morales and other Latin American presidents who resigned their positions

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1 of 8 | The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced his resignation this Sunday, the same day that the OAS presented the conclusions of an audit that cites serious irregularities in the elections held on October 20. (Credit: Demarco / APG / Getty Images)

2 of 8 | - 2018. Peru. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski presented his resignation in March 2018 after the opposition force denounced the Government for an alleged attempt to buy the vote of a legislator. (Credit: PABLO VERA LISPERGUER / AFP / Getty Images)

3 of 8 | - 2015. Guatemala. Otto Pérez Molina resigned after a judge issued an arrest warrant against him for corruption offenses. The prosecution accused him of unlawful association, passive bribery and special case of customs fraud. (Credit: MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images)

4 of 8 | - 2004. Haiti. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns and leaves the country with his wife aboard a US military plane. to the Central African Republic. He said it had been a "coup d'etat" of the United States, qualifications that the US government called "meaningless." (Credit: JEROME DELAY / AFP / Getty Images)

5 of 8 | - 2003. Bolivia. President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada resigns and leaves the country amid protests. (Credit: MIKE THEILER / AFP / Getty Images)

6 of 8 | - 2001. Argentina. President Fernando de la Rúa resigns his position in the middle of a strong social outbreak due to a serious economic situation that put the country in the largest cessation of payments in its history. (Credit: MIGUEL MENDEZ / AFP / Getty Images)

7 of 8 | - 2000. Peru. Alberto Fujimori resigned from the presidency via fax from Japan after the corruption scandals became public through the well-known 'vladivideos', a collection of homemade videos produced by his advisor Vladimiro Montesinos, who brought Fujimori down after a decade in power . Despite presenting his resignation, the congress did not accept it and dismissed it. (Credit: LUKA GONZALES / AFP / Getty Images)

8 of 8 | - 1999. Paraguay. President Raúl Cubas resigns after a long legislative and judicial conflict following his decision to free and rehabilitate the coup general Lino Oviedo. His resignation came days after the murder of the country's vice president, Luis Maria Argana. (Credit: AFP / Getty Images)

(CNN Spanish) - The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced his resignation on the afternoon of this Sunday, the same day that the Organization of American States (OAS) presented the conclusions of an audit that cites serious irregularities in the elections held on October 20 and whose results declared him winner of the elections in the first round.

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Morales said that this decision "hurts deeply" but that is something he does "for the good of the country." He also said he will send his resignation letter to Congress in the next few hours.

Evo Morales is not the first president of a Latin American country to resign. What other presidents preceded your steps? Here we tell you some cases.

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, 2018 (Peru)

Kuczynski resigned in March 2018, after Peru's opposition force denounced the Government for the alleged attempt to buy a legislator's vote. Previously, that same month, the majority of the votes of the plenary of the Congress approved a motion that admitted the president's request for vacancy for moral incapacity. It was the second time that the legislature admitted such a motion against Kuczynski.

Otto Pérez Molina, 2015 (Guatemala)

Otto Pérez Molina resigned after a judge issued an arrest warrant against him for corruption offenses. The prosecution accused him of unlawful association, passive bribery and special case of customs fraud.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, 2004 (Haiti)

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns and leaves the country with his wife aboard a US military plane. to the Central African Republic. He said it had been a "coup d'etat" by the United States, qualifications that the US government called "nonsense."

Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, 2003 (Bolivia)

President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada resigns and leaves the country amid protests.

Fernando de la Rúa, 2001 (Argentina)

President Fernando de la Rúa resigns his position in the middle of a strong social outbreak due to a serious economic situation that put the country in the largest cessation of payments in its history.

Alberto Fujimori, 2000 (Peru)

Alberto Fujimori resigned from the presidency via fax from Japan after the corruption scandals became public through the well-known 'vladivideos', a collection of homemade videos produced by his advisor Vladimiro Montesinos, who brought Fujimori down after a decade in power . Despite presenting his resignation, Congress did not accept it and dismissed it.

Raúl Cubas, 1999 (Paraguay)

President Raúl Cubas resigns after a long legislative and judicial conflict following his decision to free and rehabilitate the coup general Lino Oviedo. His resignation came days after the murder of the country's vice president, Luis Maria Argana.

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