Evo Morales and Luis Arce are facing off for the leadership of the ruling party and for the presidential candidacy for the elections in August 2025. The former president and at least 10,000 of his followers began a march on Tuesday from the town of Caracollo, 190 kilometers south of La Paz, to the seat of government.
The government of Bolivian President Luis Arce and his former ally Evo Morales accused each other on Sunday, September 22, of creating a climate of violence, while a march by the former president and thousands of his followers approaches the city of La Paz.
Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa sent notes to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres; the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk; and the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Tania Reneaum Panszi, to inform them about the situation.
“We are observing a threat and siege of a violent march led by former President Evo Morales Ayma, which is heading towards the city of La Paz, the seat of the Bolivian government. This mobilization is not aimed at social protest, its primary objective is to interrupt the current constitutional mandate,” Sosa said in his correspondence.
He stressed that an interruption of Arce’s government would be “through the advancement of national elections and the facilitation of a new candidacy of Mr. Morales, despite the fact that the Political Constitution of the State does not allow it.”
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“Our government is firmly committed to democracy and respect for human rights, and is convinced that dialogue is the best way to address differences,” the Foreign Ministry statement added.
Evo Morales and Luis Arce are facing off for the leadership of the ruling party and for the presidential candidacy for the elections of August 2025, although only the former president has announced that he wants to run. “If Evo is not put in jail, he is disqualified with proceedings, for drug trafficking, (…) if not, kill me,” declared the former president in an interview.
Morales and at least 10,000 of his supporters began a march on Tuesday from the town of Caracollo, 190 kilometers south of La Paz, to the seat of government.
He said he was protesting against the economic crisis, which is evident in the lack of dollars and fuel. He also denounced that the government deployed some 6,000 police officers to stop the march and is mobilizing civilian shock groups and public employees to stop them.
He added that “if there are any injured or dead, it is the government’s responsibility.”
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