La Paz, Bolivia (AP) – Irrescalating after an illegal campaign in the coming campaign Economic collapseBolivian voted for the new president and parliament on Sunday You can see the election The right-wing government was elected for the first time in over 20 years.
The vote, which can spell out the end of the long dominant leftist party of the Andes, is one of the most important and unpredictable these days for Bolivia.
It is worth noting until Sunday Around 30% of voters remained undecided.. The polls showed two major right-wing candidates, the big billionaires Business Owner Samuel Doria Medina And before President Jorge Fernando “Tsuto” Quirogalocked in the heat of virtual death.
Voting is mandatory in Bolivia, where around 7.9 million Bolivians are eligible to vote.
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Bolivia can follow the right trend
Elections are closely monitored across Latin America for the potential impact on the economic fate and political stability of this long-standing resource-rich country.
It also marks a fork moment for the move towards socialism, charismatic former president Evo Morales, who is the founder. It’s now shattered by the civil warthe party is fighting for survival in Sunday’s election.
The results determine whether Bolivia – a country of about 12 million people The largest lithium reserve on the planet Important sediments of rare earth minerals follow the growth trends in Latin America. Argentine libertarian JaviermairiEcuador Strongman Daniel Novore and Naive Buquel, a conservative populist in El Salvador Its popularity is rising rapidly.
Bolivian right-wing government could trigger major geopolitical reorganizations of the nations it currently ally Government inspired by Venezuelan socialism The power of the world like that China, Russia and Iran.
Bolivians are bitter when they vote for “less evil”
The gloomy mood of the election was clear as voters began to be fooled at a polling station in downtown Bolivian capital La Paz.
Bolivians waiting to vote at three different high schools in the city expressed disrupted, cynical and bitter feelings supplied by an annual inflation rate of over 16% (compared to less than two years ago), a rarity of fuel and a lack of hope for rapid improvement. Some said they voted for “El Menos Pier.”
Right-wing opposition candidates will claim the race as an opportunity to chart Bolivia’s new fate. However, both frontrunners, Doria Medina and Kiroga, served in past neoliberal governments, ran for president three times before.
“People were waiting for a new, popular candidate, and now the opposition has failed us,” said Ronaldo Ororio, a farmer from the Yungas region where Coca grew up, who once identified as a passionate Morales supporter. “My vote is one of the rages and I’m dissatisfied. I don’t like Doria Medina or Kiroga. But I have to vote for one of two.”
Right-wing candidates vow to restore US relations
Doria Medina and Quiroga praise Trump administration I vowed to restore it Connection with the US – It burst in 2008 when Morales expelled the US ambassador.
They also show interest in doing business with Israel. There is no diplomatic relations with Bolivia.and called for foreign private companies to invest in the country and develop their abundant natural resources.
After taking office in 2006, Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, nationalised the country’s oil and gas industry using richer benefits to reduce poverty, expand infrastructure and improve the lives of rural poor people.
rear Three consecutive presidential conditionsas well as a Controversy Bids for Unprecedented fourth It happened in 2019 Popularity anxiety And it led to him ExileMorales is It is prohibited from this race According to the Bolivian Constitutional Court.
President Lewis Ark, his rival, who has been converted to alliance; MAS candidacy has been withdrawn He nominated his senior minister, Eduardo del Castillo, for his plunging popularity.
Just as the party splits up, Andronico Rodriguez, 36-year-old Senate president He is from the same coca farmer coalition as Morales, and has launched his bid.
Former President Morales throws a vote for Nuru
Rather than the candidate broadly consider his heir, Morales; A hole has opened in his tropical base Avoiding arrest warrants for charges related to Chapare’s relationship with a 15-year-old girl has made his supporters a stakeholder. It tains their votes Or leave them blank.
Dozens of Coca Cultivation Union activists formed human chains around Morales, protecting him from arrest when they voted for Nur and Boyd in Chapare, central Bolivia. A large wreath of coca leaves hanging around his neck.
He flashed a rare smile as he left the polling station and shook hands with the supporters who had showered him with white confetti.
“I’m sure if there’s no fraud, Null’s vote will win,” he told reporters after the vote.
Conservative candidates say austerity is needed
Everyone faces difficult challenges, wondering who wins. Doria Medina and Quiroga have saved the nation from bankruptcy by warning about the need for painful fiscal adjustments, including eliminating Bolivian generous food and fuel subsidies.
Some analysts warn that this could cause social anxiety.
“The Bolivian research group, the Andean Information Network,” said Catherine Ledebourg, director of the Andean Information Network.
“Both candidates are able to strengthen security forces and right-wing Para-state groups, paving the way for violent crackdowns against protests that are expected to erupt through foreign lithium exploitation and dramatic austerity measures.”
As widely expected, if a presidential candidate has not received more than 50% of the vote, or 40% of the vote with a 10% point lead, the top two candidates will compete in the leak on October 19 for the first time since Bolivia’s return to democracy in 1982.
All 130 Bolivian lawmakers have been better in the Senate, the House of Representatives, and 36 seats in the Senate.
