Bolivia: important voting day in the midst of a pandemic
Murillo Square and the Presidential Palace in La Paz, Bolivia (illustrative image).
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Voting day, Sunday March 7, in Bolivia.
Bolivians went to the polls to elect the mayors and governors of the regions.
An important vote, in the midst of a pandemic.
The confidence of citizens in the MAS, the party of the current president, was at stake.
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With our correspondent in La Paz,
Alice Campaignolle
The ballot was slow to take place on Sunday March 7.
Luis Arce, the president himself, has to wait more than an hour in order to be able to vote ... it is an image which is not trivial but, yesterday morning, it was the lot of many citizens, who had to wait, due to the absence of members of the polling stations.
Another incident to be noted in the village of Colpa Belgica where ballot boxes were burned by voters who suspected fraud.
Results not yet official
As for the results, they are not yet official, the exit polls give the winner, for the town hall of La Paz, a former minister of the interim government, Ivan Arias.
Her neighbor, El Alto, who has long been on the side of the Movement towards Socialism, the current governing party, has, according to polls, elected as mayor Eva Copa, a defector of the party, young woman much appreciated in this popular city, city which has a great influence on the Bolivian political life.
As for the east of the country, it is the fierce opponent of Evo Morales in 2019, Fernando Camacho who is projected at the head of the Santa Cruz region, the economic heart of the country.
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