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Evo Morales announces candidacy for the presidency of Bolivia

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September 25 |

The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced Sunday his intention to run again for the presidency of the country for the elections of 2025.

“We have decided to accept the requests of our militancy and of so many sisters and brothers who attend rallies throughout the country to be a candidate for the presidency of our beloved Bolivia,” Morales (2006-2019) wrote in a message posted on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

“I’m going to give everything I can. We still have strength. We are going to face with truth, dignity and honesty all that aggression that we suffer in social networks from the Ministry of the Presidency,” said the former president, who has maintained a distance with the government of President Luis Arce.

He denounced that the current authorities of the country have launched a plan that would have the purpose of disqualifying him for the 2025 elections.

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“I am very grateful to our sisters and brothers who are warning us from the Ministry of Government about their intentions to arrest us and hand us over to the US”, he expressed.

He added: “We are going to give battle. We are heirs of the struggles of our ancestors who have taught us to never give up. We will never give up, sisters and brothers! United we will save our beloved Bolivia once again!

In this regard, the Minister of Defense, Edmundo Novillo, assured in recent days that there is no “black plan” against former President Morales.

“In a previous meeting, former president Morales already made reference to this alleged plan, and we informed him that all the necessary investigations were made and we are certain that there is no such black plan”, said the official to journalists.

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