Bolivia: New Gov’t Sets to Work Undoing Damage Left by US-Backed Añez Regime

BOLIVIA IS CHANGING

Alan Macleod

MintPress News | December 09, 2020

Only weeks after their landslide victory, the leftist Movement to Socialism (MAS) party is already enacting widespread changes to Bolivia in an attempt to undo the damage of one year of military rule. Last November, a U.S.-backed coup removed democratically-elected president Evo Morales from power, placing the far-right authoritarian politician Jeanine Añez in power.

Evo Morales: ‘MAS Fulfilled Its Promise, It Became Millions’

VICTORY OF THE BOLIVARIAN PEOPLE

teleSUR | October 19, 2020

Former President Evo Morales gives statement in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 19, 2020. | Photo: EFE

He thanked Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, and Cuba for their solidarity with the Bolivian people over the last year.

Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales Monday assured from Buenos Aires (Argentina) that “sooner or later” he will return to his country as he thanked the support of the Latin American progressive governments over the last year.

Luis Arce: ‘We Recovered Democracy and Took Back Our Country’

VICTORY OF THE BOLIVARIAN PEOPLE

teleSUR | October 19, 2020

Luis Arce and David Choquehuanca celebrate the results of the elections, La Paz, Bolivia, Oct. 19, 2020. | Photo: EFE

In El Alto, La Paz, and Cochabamba, firecrackers were heard as a sign of celebration.

The winner of Bolivia’s elections Luis Arce Monday celebrated the unofficial results of the quick vote-counting as he said, “we will govern for all, we will redirect the change without hate.”

Socialist Luis Arce Wins The Bolivia Election

VICTORY OF THE BOLIVARIAN PEOPLE

 Countercurrents | October 19, 2020

A year after former Bolivian president Evo Morales was ousted in a military coup that installed a far-right regime, Morales ally Luis Arce declared victory after exit polls showed the socialist candidate with a large advantage over his two main competitors.

“Democracy has won,” Arce, who served as Morales’ finance minister, said in an address to the nation after one exit poll showed him leading the race with 52.4% of the vote and former president Carlos Mesa in a distant second with 31.5%. Right-wing candidate Luis Camacho—an ally of unelected interim President Jeanine Añez—won just 14.1% of the vote, according to the survey.

Bolivian activist warns polls showing Morales’s MAS in the lead could intensify persecution of his supporters

by Ben Chacko

Morning Star | July 08, 2020

Public transport drivers take part in a protest demanding an increase in fares because quarantine measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus have decreased their income, in La Paz, Bolivia, July 1

ALEADING indigenous Aymara Bolivian activist has warned that a survey showing the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) of ousted president Evo Morales would easily win the next election will prompt an intensified crackdown on his supporters.

A study by the The Latin America Strategic Centre for Geopolitics published on Tuesday showed that MAS presidential candidate Luis Arce – the regime established by last November’s coup has banned Mr Morales from standing – would win 41.9 per cent of the vote, more than the 10-point lead required to allow a first-round victory over right-wing candidate Carlos Mesa on 26.8 per cent .