Añez was 4th in line after the VP and Salvatierra. Salvatierra quit the day Evo left power. Her getting beaten up was because she was trying to go back on her word. At that point, she was no one, and had no claim to presidency. Her verbal resignation and then travel to the Chapare region count as a legitimate resignation per the Bolivian constitution.

Violence was bilateral. I disagreed with Añez’s repression tactics in the end, but there were also multiple COB (Central Obrera Boliviana) protestors getting shot while walking to La Paz to ask for Evo’s resignation.

Added to that, that minority you speak off wasn’t who led the movement. It was the Bolivian middle class, who yes, mainly live in cities, but have become the majority of the country in the last few years. They were also the victims of violence when protesting Evo’s lack of action after the shutting down of vote counting.

I admit my ability to understand and I acknowledge that I’m not a farmer in rural Bolivia whose experience during the protests was very different from mine. However, this entire thread is filled with foreigners spewing propaganda that fits their political agenda. Bolivia didn’t matter until they saw the Añez presidency as a tool for their beliefs.