Bolivia’s President Arce, polls slipping, quits 2025 presidential race

Incumbent Luis Arce quits Bolivia’s presidential race amid slumping support

Arce’s political mentor Evo Morales continues to push for a fourth term, despite legal setbacks and controversy.

In the few days of the elections, the eyes have turned to polls. But what real role do they play at this democratic time? Will they be reliable buttocks or distorted reflection of a country in transformation?

Arce announces he would not run for reelection

Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora announced Tuesday that he would not seek reelection on Aug. 17 to avoid further divisions among the country's populist left, and urged his Movement for Socialism (MAS) to unite around a single candidate to prevent the right from regaining power.

Bolivian bishops make unprecedented critical tone against the government before elections

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – As Bolivia prepares for the upcoming August elections and relevant politicians confirm their will to run for president, the nation’s episcopate unprecedentedly decided to take an ostensible stance against the left-wing party that has been ruling for almost 20 years. On May 6, the Bishops’ Conference, which gathered during the first week of the month for its annual assembly, released a public letter to the Bolivian people in w…

This Tuesday night, the President of Bolivia, Luis Arce, announced from the Casa Grande del Pueblo that he will not seek re-election in the general elections of August 17. He wants to prevent a candidate of the “right” win and challenged Evo Morales not to insist on his nomination, because the laws do not allow him. “I declare my candidacy for re-election,” Arce said in his twelve-minute message, just a few hours before, this Wednesday, the Supr…