Bolivia orders arrest of ex-president Evo Morales

Bolivia’s attorney general on Wednesday ordered the arrest of exiled former president Evo Morales after the interim government accused him of sedition and terrorism. Public prosecutors in La Paz signed a warrant for police to detain the 60-year-old -- who is in Argentina -- and take him to the attorney general’s office.

Morales fled Bolivia last month after civil unrest broke out following his re-election in an October 20 poll widely dismissed as rigged. The former trade union leader denounced the arrest order as “illegal, unfair and unconstitutional” on Twitter. “I’m not worried. As long as I’m alive I’ll continue with greater strength in the political and ideological struggle for a free and sovereign Bolivia,” he said.

Morales ruled the South American country for almost 14 years before resigning last month and leaving Bolivia. He initially received asylum in Mexico and then arrived in Argentina last week.

The allegations against him stem from an audio recording released by Arturo Murillo, the interim government’s interior minister. In the recording, Morales allegedly tells one of his supporters to block trucks and interrupt the food supply to several cities.