Morales announces MAS party candidates for Bolivia's elections

[sandensea]

Former Bolivian leader Evo Morales announced from Argentina on Sunday the candidates for his socialist party in Bolivia's May 3 elections, which will serve as a re-run of the disputed October vote and be the first in two decades without him.

Speaking at a news conference in Buenos Aires' cooperatively-run Bauen Hotel, Morales named his former Economy Minister Luis Arce as the Movement to Socialism's (MAS) presidential candidate, with former Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca as his running mate.

Morales unveiled the ticket after meeting at the weekend with senior MAS party officials who traveled to the Argentine capital, where Morales is living after accepting an offer of asylum.

He was deposed in a November 10 coup, and is barred from running for president again.

Arce, 56, was Bolivia's Economy Minister for most of Morales' 2006-19 tenure, and is widely credited with an era of strong economic growth and reduced inequality in the South American nation of 11 million.

Growth under Morales and Arce averaged 4.8% annually - twice the average for Latin America over the same period. Extreme poverty likewise fell from 60.6% in 2005 to 15.2% in 2018.

At: https://news.yahoo.com/morales-announces-candidates-mas-party-224753685.html

Former Bolivian Economy Minister Luis Arce and former Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, presented today as the Movement to Socialism's (MAS) running mates for elections this May 3rd.

Polls show deposed President Evo Morales' MAS running ahead of all other parties - but not by enough to avoid a runoff.

[Judi Lynn]

1. Wonderful choice for these positions.

No one anywhere can deny the fantastic success made real by Morales and Arce, so deeply transforming for the entire country, including the fascist racist "elites." (Whites.) It has been stunning, shocking, a victory for the struggling, suffering, abused masses of indigenous people who've endured in addition to the overwhelming violent hatred from the European-descended dirtbags, absolutely no way to become educated, get access to adequate housing, plumbing, medical care, and everything else humans in humane countries take for granted.

Choquehuanca is a phenomenal person, who has been such a solid support from the very first, someone to respect not despised as he is by the filthy European-descended slugs.

If only this election had a chance of going through without interference from the fascists in Bolivia, and the fascists in Washington. It couldn't be more important.

Thank you for this information, sandensea. These times couldn't be tenser, could they?

[sandensea]

2. You're welcome, Judi.

One can only hope the Áñez dictatorship will, in fact, allow for free and fair elections.

As you can imagine, Cheeto and his Cuban cronies must be leaning heavily on her not to keep them free and fair.

Not that she needs much persuasion.

[Judi Lynn]

3. They're all on the same frequency, no doubt about it.

She's probably been getting advice and support continually since they they got everyone in place.