Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“As Bolivia hurtles towards a hotly contested August 17 presidential election, two major shake-ups may shape the outcome of the race. On Wednesday, incumbent President Luis Arce announced he would abandon his bid for re-election after a five-year term defined by turmoil. … That same day, Bolivia’s constitutional court also ruled that Arce’s former political mentor, now rival, Evo Morales, could not run for another term as president, upholding a two-term limit. But the left-wing Morales, the embattled former president who previously served three terms in office and attempted to claim a fourth, remained defiant on social media afterwards. ‘Only the people can ask me to decline my candidacy,’ Morales wrote. ‘We will obey the mandate of the people to save Bolivia, once again.'” (05/15/25)