Bolivian Senate head assumes interim presidency; Morales' loyalists object

Member of the military stands guard at the presidential palace, after Bolivia's former president Evo Morales left the country, in La Paz, Bolivia, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

LA PAZ/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The head of Bolivia's Senate, Jeanine Anez, took office as interim president on Tuesday as former leader Evo Morales pledged to keep up his political fight from exile in Mexico after resigning in what he has alleged was a coup.

Anez, 52, assumed leadership before other lawmakers in Congress, invoking a constitutional clause that dictates that she would be next in line to rule after Morales and his vice president, Alvaro Garcia, resigned on Sunday.