bolivian election 2020

He gave us back our self-esteem, our pride in being indigenous, of having indigenous surnames, of our food … Evo Morales was Bolivia’s best president ever.”. If Arce fails to cross the threshold, a second round of voting provisionally slated for November 29 would surely add to existing tensions. Then came claims of a coup. Luis Arce, the presidential candidate of Evo Morales’s Mas party, holds a ball during his closing rally in El Alto. [70] By the registration deadline, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) announced that five policial coalitions had been registered. Bolivia Election Race Heats up as Field Tightens By Reuters, Wire Service Content Sept. 18, 2020, at 5:14 p.m. Los ‘observadores’ de Podemos en las elecciones bolivianas dicen a la Policía que viajan por «negocios» y «turismo». [37] Morales would later accept the decision of the TSE after rising opposition to the protests. Update, October 17: After this article was published, the unelected Bolivian government once again doxxed international observers. Her health minister was arrested in May on suspicion of corruption involving the purchase of ventilators. Others accused his government of trying to rig the vote. Overall, the international network of the Puebla Group has the support of the governments of Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, and Mexico; of former Latin American and Spanish presidents including Lula, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, and Spain’s José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero; and of members of leftist European parties such as Spain’s Podemos. This was following a vote by those members of MAS leadership present in Buenos Aires the previous day. On October 15, Murillo tweeted an indirect threat to the CODEPINK electoral observers: “Behave, we know who you are and where you are.”. [66][67] On 21 January, the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) supplied a third candidacy combination of Choquehuanca paired with Orlando Gutiérrez. Even before we entered the country, we were stalked and threatened by Bolivian coup officials, and have since received a flood of violent threats. I felt freedom,” said Poehlmann, 45, one of thousands of citizens who took to Bolivia’s streets last year to pile pressure on Morales. [6][7] Interim President Áñez confirmed this on Twitter shortly after,[8] and candidates Quiroga and Mesa both conceded later that day. Will Bolivia’s Elections Usher in a New Wave of Socialism in Latin America? The format of the debate was in some part determined by conditions set by Luis Arce to guarantee his attendance that "no personal or partisan allusions were allowed" i.e no direct criticisms of other candidates or of their party. But we’re here in El Alto to tell them: ‘We’re here and we’re alive!’” the 57-year-old candidate told supporters clad in the group’s blue, white and black colours. He hails from a powerful oligarchic family in Spain, and is often criticized for frequently spreading fake news. In recent months, some journalistic and academic analyses have questioned the statistical methodology of the OAS. [45] This has prompted concerns that irregular groups could seek to destabilize the coming elections. Snap general elections were held in Bolivia on 18 October 2020 for President, Vice-President, and all seats in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. Observers are convinced Morales will seek to return to Bolivia, and possibly frontline politics, if Arce wins. The other path would be liberal rule under Mesa, whose main goals include restoring democratic institutions and ensuring democratic checks and balances to power. Preliminary results were released the evening of October 20, showing Morales with a slight lead over Mesa, but not enough to avoid a runoff election under Bolivian elections rules: Candidates need 50% of the vote, or at least 40% and a 10-point lead, to avoid a second round of voting. On Nov. 10, the same day the OAS released its report outlining serious irregularities and manipulation, Morales resigned. [35][36] Former president of Bolivia, Jaime Paz Zamora of the Revolutionary Left Movement, criticised Morales for support of the blockades, which resulted in the deaths of 33 coronavirus patients due to lack of oxygen. The parties or alliances contesting the election are the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), which governed before 2019, Civic Community (CC), the newly formed Creemos (Let's create, We believe) alliance, the Front for Victory, and the National Action Party (PAN-BOL). “If Mas came back … it would be terrible for the country. Soon, patios filled with voters, who entered classrooms one by one to fill out paper ballots, then dropped their votes in cardboard boxes, to be counted by hand later that night. All major parties agreed with this measure and that a date for the new election would be chosen by the legislative assembly based on a public health evaluation at a later date. [16], The same day, the interim government presented a bill that aimed to forge a path to new elections. “I want to move the country forward, leave it in the hands of young people, and I’ll go.”, Mr. Morales, he added, would have no part in his government. In recent years, even supporters began to abandon him amid allegations of misuse of funds, abuse of power and, more recently, a sexual relationship with a minor. If the prospect of a socialist revival has Masistas overjoyed, it is the stuff of nightmares for Morales’s detractors, who regard him as a power-obsessed authoritarian bent on clinging to power and destroying Bolivian democracy. [40] In some places, dynamite was used to destroy the highway and two soldiers were brutally beaten by protestors. Next, in a press conference on October 16, Murillo doubled down on his threats against international monitors, falsely claiming “most of them are leftists and agitators,” and pledging to imprison or deport them if they crossed any lines. [112] The European Union (EU) announced on 8 September that it would be sending a team of five or six experts to observe the 18 October elections. Morales’s bid to secure an unprecedented fourth straight term last year came despite voters denying him that right in a 2016 referendum, the result of which he ignored. Her accession to office was formally legitimized by a decision of the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal later the same day, which stated that she had lawfully assumed office ipso facto, in accordance with the precedent laid out by Constitutional Declaration 0003/01 of 31 July 2001. [84], While Arce did not attend the debate on 4 October, he did attend another broadcast the previous day in which all presidential candidates were present. David Ticona Mamani felt despair and foreboding when Evo Morales was forced from his Andean homeland last November amid civil unrest, electoral meltdown and what supporters of Bolivia’s first indigenous president called a racist, rightwing coup. “They [Mas] are in the driver’s seat and if they can mobilize voters this weekend – and they are the only party with the capacity to do that – they could do very well,” said Eduardo Gamarra, a Bolivia expert at Florida International University. In September, Áñez pulled out of the election in a bid to strengthen the campaigns of other candidates running against Morales’s party, Movement for Socialism (known by the Spanish acronym MAS).Sunday’s elections will be critical as Bolivia attempts both to navigate dire public health and economic crises and to redress the democratic backsliding of the Morales years. Many decried the election results as fraudulent. Bolivia Election Race Heats up as Field Tightens By Reuters, Wire Service Content Sept. 18, 2020, at 5:14 p.m. “I felt relief. Additionally, local initiatives from within Bolivia including La Ruta de la Democracia and Observe Bolivia have also been approved and will be observing the elections. Afortunadamente algunos pseudo-observadores tuvieron que inhalarse lo que les regalaron para sus pasajes. https://t.co/0y4eS0wCvU pic.twitter.com/JDUzGWQ0Gw, — Alejandro Entrambasaguas (@entrammbasaguas) October 16, 2020. [114], Although the official results are not expected for some days, quick counts performed by Ciesmori and Mi Voto Cuenta agree that Arce won the election in the first round. After the 2019 coup d’etat, Bolivia’s de facto government appointed the far-right activist Marcel Rivas as the head of migration. Feliciano Mamani replaced Ruth Nina as candidate for PAN-BOL. Political organisations with delegates would also have the right to copies of the minutes, the calculation and scrutiny would be carried out in public, and photos of the minutes would be part of the released data. As Bolivia Election Nears, Could 'Evonomics' Make a Comeback? [14][15], On 20 November, Evo Morales offered to not run as a presidential candidate if he was allowed to return to Bolivia and conclude his term. She grew up in Chapare, the jungle region of Bolivia where Mr. Morales got his political start, and appreciated that he was from the countryside, that he had tried to help women like her. The Center for Economic and Policy Research, a left-leaning US think tank, released a lengthy report claiming OAS' claims of electoral fraud were unfounded and detrimental, saying, "...the OAS opted for a political intervention over a technical intervention. The Spanish blogger’s full legal name is Alejandro Sanmiguel Entrambasaguas. He plans to vote for Mr. Mesa. At the Miami Summit of the Americas in 1994, all 34 governments of the Americas, from Canada to Chile—with the exception of Cuba—were representative democracies ready to commit themselves to the collective defense of democracy and the free market. Demonstrators hold flags with the face of former president Evo Morales during a Movement for Socialism closing rally ahead of presidential elections in El Alto, Bolivia, on Oct. 14. [48] If neither condition is met, a run-off election is held between the two top candidates. As the saying goes: ‘People get the governors they deserve’,” Poehlmann said. The third major candidate is Luis Fernando Camacho of the new rightwing Creemos (“We believe”) alliance. According to the statement, "the evidence collected leaves no room for doubt about the electoral fraud perpetrated.". Alberto FernandezAlejandro EntrambasaguasargentinaArturo MurilloBoliviaCODEPINKFederico FagioliFrente de TodosJeanine AñezMarcel RivasSpain.

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