Bolivian Opposition Broken in the Face of August Presidential Elections · Global Voices

Samuel Doria Medina was proclaimed as the opposition candidate for the presidential elections of August 17 in Bolivia, in the midst of disputes and a break. Analysts warn that the Movement to Socialism (MAS), party of the current president Luis Arce, could win the elections again. “We are going to emerge from the economic crisis,” said businessman Samuel Doria Medina, 66 years of age, during his speech. He will be a presidential candidate for th…

The proclamation of Samuel Doria Medina as a presidential candidate for the Unity Bloc has confirmed the breakdown of the opposition alliance, formed with the aim of presenting a unique candidacy to confront the ruling Movement to Socialism (MAS) in the general elections of August 17. READ ALSO Bolivia: Evo Morales' Party responds to FPV after separation in electoral campaign The decision, announced by Efraín Suárez on behalf of the jailed gover…

April 10, 2025.- The ruling Movement to Socialism in Bolivia (MAS) today admits to making alliances in the face of next August’s general elections with “other currents” beyond the political formations of the left. “Today for me, for example, right and left is good ...

The Unity of the Bolivian Democratic Opposition, the main opposition bloc for the August 17 elections, announced on Wednesday that businessman Samuel Doria Medina will be a new presidential candidate, after having tried three other times in the last 20 years.

Unity is not an aspiration of the candidates, it is of the citizenry that desires the renewal of power after more than 20 years of the MAS government, said political scientist Franklin Pareja Former president Jorge Tuto Quiroga in...

The former president criticized the selection process of the opposition candidate, compared it with practices in Venezuela and assured that his movement will comply with the legal deadlines. In an act surrounded by followers, opposition leader Jorge «Tuto» Quiroga attacked the way Samuel Doria Medina was appointed candidate of the opposition bloc, calling the process «ridiculous» and «irresponsible». According to the ex-mandator, the definition …