Andean textiles and bank bills: Inside Morales' home at Bolivia's Big House of the People


  • World
  • Friday, 15 Nov 2019

Personal objects of former Bolivian President Evo Morales are seen at the Presidential Palace La Casa Grande del Pueblo, in La Paz, Bolivia, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/David Mercado

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Embroidered Andean textiles, a selection of bank notes, business papers and a wood-framed photograph on a polished bedside table give a still-life portrait of the presidential home of unseated Bolivian leader Evo Morales.

Bolivia's new interim government opened the doors on Thursday to the former quarters of Morales in the $34 million skyscraper "Big House of the People," which he ordered built towards the end of his nearly 14 years in power.

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