Bolivian President Arce promotes left-wing unity for August 17 elections

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Bolivian President Luis Arce has reaffirmed his commitment to uniting the country’s fractured left-wing factions ahead of the August 17 general elections, despite facing resistance from key allies, including factions within his own Movement for Socialism (MAS) party.  #BoliviaElections #LeftUnity #LuisArce #MAS #TeleSUREnglish  🌐Join teleSUR's community and be part of a space where your ideas matter.  https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj3ioYabXQQ6K 🗣 Don't be left behind, join teleSUR's Channel https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va98Z437Noa2tjytCt1N Web💬 https://www.telesurenglish.net/ X🧶 https://twitter.com/telesurenglish Instagram 📸 https://www.instagram.com/telesurenglish/?hl=es Facebook 📱 https://www.facebook.com/teleSUREnglishOfficial Youtube ⏯ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuTmpLY35O3csvhyA6vrkg Tiktok👌🏼 https://www.tiktok.com/@telesurenglish?_t=8hMLCY0a6z7&_r=1

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00:00Now in Bolivia, President Luis Arce announced that he will persist in promoting the unity of the left

00:05so that it can run with a greater chance of success in the elections of next August 17.

00:11A correspondent, Freddy Morales, tells us the details.

00:17Parties and groupings participating in the August elections still have a few days to change candidacies,

00:23especially for the presidency, in order to include them on the ballot.

00:26Once the printing process is ordered, it will not be possible to modify any of the names,

00:33especially those of the candidates for president and vice president.

00:40Despite the fact that time is against him, President Luis Arce, who gave up his candidacy for re-election

00:46to facilitate the unity of the left, does not lose hope on achieving his goal.

00:51We have sponsored it, we have failed it, but we are going to continue sponsoring it,

00:59because it is the only alternative we have, unity.

01:02I have been saying it permanently.

01:04If I gave the signal, and the signal was very clear when I stepped down,

01:09we have to go to unity, and if I am the problem, I step aside in a clear way.

01:14The left has to learn that one has to have those reactions in pursuit of the common good.

01:19The president regretted that his initiative has not been accepted by different sectors of the left,

01:28represented by four factions of the Movement for Socialism.

01:31Look at what happened.

01:36I withdrew, and the next day I received tweets from Evo Morales and Andrónico Rodríguez.

01:40They don't only reject us, they do not understand what unity means,

01:45and they do not understand something even more complicated.

01:49The effects this is going to have, not only on us, but on the people.

01:55I am a critic of neoliberalism, and we are paving them the way

01:59with the attitudes of Evo Morales for the right wing to return.

02:03Y estamos asfaltando el camino, con las actitudes de Evo Morales, para que vuelva a la derecha.

02:09El presidente Arce anunció que pese a los iniciales tropiezos...

02:13President Arce anunció que, despite initial setbacks,

02:16he will insist on promoting unity,

02:18so that the left will have a better chance in the August 17 elections.

02:22Miren, hemos intentado en el pasado, le decía, y seguimos intentando...

02:25Look, we have tried in the past, and we continue trying, knocking on doors.

02:30We continue sending the corresponding messages,

02:33that there has to be unity, and it must be said.

02:36There are some fronts that gave us reason in the end.

02:39We are talking about Morena, for example.

02:41Nos dijo así, deberíamos ir en unidad. ¿Entendió?

02:46That at one moment said yes, it understood.

02:49And other fronts.

02:50But those that today, should react and make decisions to go together and have a chance to win,

02:57are not doing it for personal interest.

03:00No lo están haciendo por intereses personales.

03:04Las cuatro fracciones del Movimiento Socialismo...

03:07The four fracciones del Movimiento Socialismo...

03:09...are led by Andrónico Rodríguez, President of the Senate,

03:13with the acronym Movimiento Tercer Sistema.

03:16Eva Coppa, Mayor of La Paz, with the acronym Morena.

03:19Evo Pueblo, or former President Evo Morales, who has not yet been authorized,

03:24and former Governor Minister Eduardo del Castillo, who has the acronym Movimiento del Socialismo.

03:30Freddy Morales, Telesur, Bolivia.

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