Bolivia: End of the Left-Free Rule · Global Voices
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For a long time Bolivia, under the regime of Evo Morales and his successor, Luis Arce, seemed obstinately to embody Latin American socialism. But everything has changed with the first round of general elections, whose surprise winner is Christian Democrat Rodrigo Paz Pereira. Whatever happens in the second round, the left will not be able to win. The general elections that took place on Sunday in Bolivia were marked by a disconcerting surprise, …
In an interview for the teleSUR information platform, Oscar Laborde, MEP from MERCOSUR, analyzed the recent electoral landscape in Bolivia.
After two decades in power, the Movement to Socialism (MAS), led by Evo Morales, lost political control in Bolivia . What seemed impossible in Latin America finally happened: a people who endured years of political manipulation and concentration of power managed to put an end to a cycle that profoundly marked its recent history. How did the MAS end in Bolivia? The MAS came to power with the discourse of dignity, equality and social justice; howe…
Analysts consider that the main influence can be given in southern Peru, which saw Bolivia as a kind of model, but that in recent years it was distorted, especially by the economic crisis.
Rodrigo Paz Pereira capitalizes on the demand for a change of system against two candidates of the opposition cl sica.
In the presidential elections in Bolivia the self-destruction of the Mas is confirmed, which has ruled from 2006 onwards. The success of the Christian Democrat Rodrigo Paz, who rips the pole position from the neoliberals.
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