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Clara Espinoza

Evo Morales Creates Left-Wing Bloc to Counter Trump's Americas Shield—While Evading Arrest

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales attends a rally by the Six Federations of the Cochabamba Tropics of coca leaf growers' unions against the government in Ivirgarzama, Bolivia on August 26, 2026. (Credit: Photo by David FLORES / AFP via Getty Images)

The Briefing

  • Bolivia's former president Evo Morales formally launched CIMA—a new left-wing continental coalition—on Monday, October 12, to oppose Trump's Shield of the Americas security bloc.
  • Morales compared the U.S.-led alliance to Plan Condor, arguing it now works through courts and prosecutors rather than generals.
  • The announcement came as Morales hides inside Bolivia to evade two active arrest warrants—one for aggravated human trafficking, one for terrorism.
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