• Elections in Bolivia: An insufficient victory of Evo Morales forces a second round
  • Elections in Bolivia.Evo Morales would not need a second round to be president, according to the questioned electoral count

The Bolivian opposition does not give in its pulse against the "scandalous electoral fraud" with which Evo Morales intends to stretch his political hegemony until 2025, two decades at the head of the Andean nation. " Here I am! To the jail or the presidency of the country! ", The candidate Carlos Mesa responded to the threats of the government in a mass protest held yesterday in La Paz. "Do not bend, do not give up!" Exclaimed who is accused by the government of promoting violence and racism.

Increasing tension that yesterday caused massive marches on both sides and direct confrontations, with about thirty injured, five of them with bullets and a young man in critical condition. In Santa Cruz, the most populous and prosperous region of the country, an indefinite strike is maintained with interruptions from time to time so that people can stock up in stores and supermarkets. This opposition stronghold has been at the forefront of the protests, which also occur in La Paz, Cochabamba, Potosí, Chuquisaca and Tarija.

The government maintains its role, cloning what has already been done by Chavismo in Venezuela in 2013. A script with the addition of the Organization of American States (OAS), which has invited to participate in the electoral audit, but not with the conditions Binding demanded by its secretary general, Luis Almagro .

Vice President Álvaro García Linera, the strong man of the ruling party, demanded that Mesa also join the audit that he assures will be carried out by the OAS, Mexico, Peru and "other sister nations". " The best way to clarify doubts is to perform an audit of the official calculation that determines whether the alleged fraud existed or not. We expect a quick and affirmative response from the opposition candidate," the vice president demanded.

The official results offered by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) last Friday, five days after the elections, give the candidate for the Socialism Movement (MAS) a minimum advantage over the 10 points established by the Constitution: Morales would have obtained 47.08% of the votes compared to 36.51% of the candidate of the Citizen Community .

The opposition has presented different manipulation tests in the votes after a very controversial quick count : when the 24-hour "blackout" began on Sunday night, the country needed a tie-break between the two candidates; Monday Evo was already imposed by the necessary percentage. In the tradition of fraud in the region there are historical cases with blackouts, from Mexico to the Dominican Republic.

Evo Morales has used conclusive messages in recent days, since the historic "They won't pass!" until "We have won!" with which yesterday an ovation of thousands of his followers started during an act in El Alto. The miners, one of the shock forces of the indigenous revolution, have already announced that they will not leave La Paz until their leader is consolidated in the presidency. And going through the "Homeland or Death!", So used in his "older sisters" of Cuba and Venezuela until Hugo Chavez became ill with cancer and changed it to "To live living."

Thousands of people demanding a second round (to be held in December) in the streets, blockades and spirits on. But if an act symbolizes in the best way what is happening today in Bolivia is the one carried out this morning in Cochabamba (late in Spain) by an old woman: a coffin was taken to the street , opened it and got inside. As if democracy were about to be buried.

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