Evo Morales: 'I have nothing to regret ... this is an age-old fight'

[Judi Lynn]

Jo Tuckman in Mexico City

In interview in Mexico City, ousted Bolivian president says he renounced his candidacy in a future election ‘in the name of peace’

Mon 25 Nov 2019 09.47 ESTFirst published on Mon 25 Nov 2019 00.00 EST


Bolivia’s ousted and exiled president, Evo Morales, says he has ruled out standing in his country’s next elections to stop the existing crisis sliding into a broader civil or ethnic conflict.

He told the Guardian: “This is what I am afraid of and it is what we have to avoid, which is why I am renouncing my candidacy. In the name of peace, sacrifices have to be made and I am sacrificing my candidacy even though I have every right to it.”

Morales, who became Bolivia’s first indigenous president when he took office in 2006, fled to Mexico on 11 November. This occurred three weeks after elections he claimed to have won sparked accusations of fraud and widespread protests, which culminated with the head of the army calling on him to go.

The following day rightwing senator Jeanine Áñez swore herself in as interim president. At least 32 people have died since then, most of them reportedly in army crackdowns on pro-Morales protests. There have also been signs of social and racial tension between the mostly poor and indigenous protesters and wealthier onlookers.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/evo-morales-refused-to-stand-in-elections-due-to-ethnic-conflict-fears

[DanieRains]

1. Bolivia Is Complicated Evo Helped Many People Which Is True But Wanted To Become A Dictator

And was cheating in the election.

Not a conspiracy theory so don't flag my post.

My friend went online and it said she voted in Bolivia when she didn't.

She is a Bolivian.

Fraud.

She also says cocaine exports are waaaaaaay up.

I believe her.