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The former interim president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez asked the Organization of American States (OAS) this Friday to visit the country together with the international community and directly verify what she classified as a detriment to "justice and the prisoners politicians".
In a letter that was published on her Twitter account, Áñez tells the general secretary of the organization, Luis Almagro, that her request for clamor and help is not for her, "but for a country totally judicially destroyed and that its Judicial power is prostituted to the government of the day ".
The text adds: "This is the moment they must come to Bolivia and put a stop to the pimps of power that are led by Luis Arce Catacora and Evo Morales along with the entire Masista elite."
#JeanineAnez to @ Almagro_OEA2015 and to the world: “My jailers want me to die in this jail that I am writing about today and sometimes I think it is the best solution but that will not fix the underlying issue, which is that in Bolivia justice is not valid nor does it fix but divide and ruin ”.
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- Jeanine Añez Chavez (@JeanineAnez) September 10, 2021
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One of Áñez's lawyers, Luis Adolfo Guillén, confirmed to CNN that the letter published on the social network is authentic and that in the next few hours they will be sending it officially to Almagro.
Until this Friday, Almagro had not reacted publicly on Twitter to Áñez's claim.
CNN has also asked for comment, but we have not received a response.
Other requests for comments sent by CNN on Friday to the presidency, former President Morales, the Judicial Branch and the Movement for Socialism were not immediately responded to either.
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The former interim president of Bolivia was arrested on March 13 in the case known as "Coup d'état."
At the beginning of August, a judge ordered to extend the preventive detention for six months.
She is accused of "terrorism, sedition and conspiracy" for her alleged participation during 2019 in what the Government describes as a coup against the then president, Evo Morales.
On several occasions, Áñez has affirmed that it is all about a political persecution against him.
In November 2019, then-President Evo Morales resigned after an international OAS audit suggested that the results of the October 20 elections could not be ratified due to "serious irregularities."
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The OAS assured then that the alleged offenses, which included errors in the chain of custody of the ballots, alteration and falsification of electoral material, redirection of data to unauthorized servers and manipulation of data, impacted the official vote count.
The electoral result plunged Bolivia into a political and social crisis that had violent episodes between protesters and the security forces.
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Áñez assumed the interim Presidency of Bolivia on November 12, 2019, after the departure of Morales and the resignations of Vice President Álvaro García Linera, President of the Senate, Adriana Salvatierra Arriaza, and First Vice President Rubén Medinaceli Ortiz.
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Morales ruled Bolivia for almost 14 years and after resigning he left the country on November 11, 2019. He returned on November 9, 2020, after spending almost a year in exile in Argentina and after Arce's victory at the polls.
On August 21, the former interim president injured herself in prison and "made an attempt on her life as a cry for help," her lawyers told CNN at the time.
After the incident, the Government has said that it provides adequate care and attention to Áñez.
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