US EditionBarred from Bolivia’s elections, ex-leader Morales campaigns hard for invalid votes
Evo Morales promotes the null vote to challenge election legitimacy and maintain influence after disqualification, with voting compulsory and Nulo gaining notable support, analysts say.
- Bolivia's presidential candidates made a final push for votes ahead of elections set to end 20 years of socialist rule.
- Right-Wing candidates Samuel Doria Medina and Jorge Quiroga are leading the race, with around 20% support each.
- Evo Morales, the former president, was barred from the ballot over allegations of a sexual relationship with a minor.
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The call by ex-President Evo Morales to boycott the ballot favours political rights, which, however, is no less divided than the left.
Evo Morales and his followers call for the vote to be cancelled on election day because the former president is not a candidate. Credit: Bolivia Verifica The evista faction is pushing for the vote to be cancelled in response to Evo Morales not being on the ballot as a candidate for the presidency in the 2025 elections. Although it does not weigh on the result, it has become a publicized actor for the August 17 elections. By Freddy Poma Fernández…
From socialism to shock therapy? Bolivia's presidential hopefuls make last push for votes
Two right-wing candidates promising to impose austerity measures after two decades of socialist policies are leading Bolivia's presidential race, with voters set to go to the polls on Sunday. Ex-president…
CNN en Español Despite his multiple attempts to run for president in Bolivia's upcoming elections, Evo Morales was excluded from the polls after being disqualified by a decision of the country's Constitutional Court. The former president's candidacy was constitutionally unviable from the outset. At the end of 2024, Bolivia's Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) ratified that an official cannot seek a second reelection in the country, whether…
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