La Paz, Bolivia /
The former president Evo Morales and his followers They are at the gates of La Paz this Monday, seat of powers Executive and Legislative, in a march against their former ally and current president, Luis Arcewho is held responsible for the economic crisis in Bolivia.
Clashes between factions
About 15 thousand followers entered to the city of El Alto, neighboring La Paz, where they were registered street fighting between supporters of the former ruler and the president Maplewith a balance of eight injuredaccording to the Ministry of Health.
This is how the clashes between both commands occurred
It was the second crashThe first occurred on Wednesday, a day after start the walkwhich left 26 injured.
The former president started walking Last Tuesday from an Andean village, 190 km south of Peace.
Morales stated on his social media: “We entered the city of El Alto in search of solutions to the serious economic crisis and respect for the laws and institutions.”
Economic crisis as a trigger
In El Alto, Morales and their followers marched with Bolivian flags of peaceful waywithout being harassed by pro-government civil organizations or the police, A journalist noted of the AFP.
It is expected that Morales and his followers enter La Paz in the next hours. Access to the Plaza de Armas, seat of powers Executive and Legislative, was closed due to a large police guard.
This is how the clashes between both sides occurred
The arrival of Morales motivated that Maple you warn his former ally and political godfather who does not will allow a civil war.
A social upheaval “is precisely what the internal and external enemies of our Plurinational State of Bolivia would like (…) We will not allow it,” Arce said in a television address, without revealing the name of Morales’ collaborator.
“For there to be a civil war, at least two opposing fronts are needed, and that is a pleasure we will not give you; our commitment is to peace,” he said.
Political tension heading into 2025
The deputy of the parliamentary bloc official Jerges Mercado, close to Arce, said that “There is concern about the march” and that the objective of Morales is to be re-enabled as a candidate for the presidential elections of August 2025.
Maple and Morales They are facing each other for the candidacy presidential officialalthough only the coca leader anticipated that wants to apply.
The government points out that the Constitution provides for immediate re-election or consecutively for a single time, which would prevent Morales reapplyalthough he insists that it is allowed, when it occurs after the passage of time at least one presidential term.
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