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Morales affirms that there will be “a seizure” in Bolivia if he is disqualified in the 2025 elections
The former president of Bolivia Evo Morales (2006-2019) said in an interview with EFE that there will be a “convulsion” in the country if his presidential candidacy for the 2025 elections is disqualified and blamed the Government of Luis Arce, with whom he has a fight despite belonging to the same party.
“If Evo is disabled, there will be a seizure. If you want that, well, that will be the responsibility of the Government (…) that’s my calculation, I’m sincere,” warned the also leader of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS).
Morales considered that “this kind of struggle is only won with mass action,” and said that he heard that various sectors anticipate “difficulties” in case his presidential candidacy is annulled.
At the end of last year, the Constitutional Court issued a ruling in which it mentions that indefinite re-election “is not a human right” and that it is only applied for once in a continuous or discontinuous way.
According to Morales, this must be understood as “an insinuation of a possible disqualification of his candidacy.”
The three-time president of Bolivia insisted that he is “legally and constitutionally authorized” to be a candidate, according to the consultations he himself made to “national and international experts.”
The ruling Movement for Socialism turns 29 years old and it is the first time that there are two separate celebrations.
In the city of La Paz, headquarters of the Government and the Legislative, the ‘arcist’ block celebrates, which supports President Luis Arce, while this Saturday will be the turn of the ‘evista’ wing, related to Evo Morales, in the town of Yapacaní, in the department of Santa Cruz.
Last year Morales and Arce coincided on the anniversary of the party in the Tropic of Cochabamba, the political bastion of the former president, in which there was friction among the militants of the MAS.
In that event, Evo Morales questioned the management of the one who was his Minister of Economy during his government, while Arce urged the MAS not to be afraid of the “pluralism” of ideas.
Morales pointed out that Arce “made a big mistake” by pointing out that “we should not be afraid of the pluralism of ideas” since, in his opinion, that marks an “ideological difference” with the ‘arcist’ sector, since the MAS is traditionally “anti-imperialist.”
The former president also questioned that the Arce Administration has not fulfilled two of the main mandates he received when he arrived at the Government in 2020, such as “prosecusing and imprisoning the coup plotters and genocide” for the 2019 crisis and “recovering the country’s economy”.
Morales resigned from the Presidency in 2019 after considering that he was the victim of a “coup d’état” after the frustrated elections of that year, between complaints from the opposition of an electoral fraud in his favor for a fourth consecutive term.
On November 12, 2019, Jeanine Áñez assumed the interim command of the country as the second vice president of the Senate, two days after the resignation of Evo Morales and all the officials in the presidential succession line.
“I thought that if (I) would return (to be president of Bolivia) it would be to do justice (…) because I have been given a (state) coup,” he said.
To the division for the anniversary of the MAS is added the struggle for the legality of the MAS congress, which was held last year in the Cochabamba region, and in which Morales was proclaimed as the “single candidate” for the 2025 presidential elections.
The ruling sectors related to Arce called for another congress, which will be held in May, after the electoral authority determined that a new meeting should be held.
Morales insisted that the congress that re-elected him as the top leader of the MAS met all the requirements and that the electoral body acted with “illegality,” while the call of the “arcists” is made by those who “are not militants” in that party.
The former president ratified that the MAS “is united at the level of the bases” and that a few leaders decided to demarcate themselves in exchange for alleged “bribes” offered to them by the Government.
International
Police investigate deaths of Rob Reiner and wife as apparent homicide
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is investigating the deaths of Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rob Reinerand his wife as an “apparent homicide,” amid a wave of tributes to the director of classics such as When Harry Met Sally.
According to U.S. media reports on Sunday, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found dead at their Los Angeles mansion with what appeared to be stab wounds.
Several political figures shared messages of condolence following the reported deaths of the director of A Few Good Menand his wife.
While the LAPD did not officially confirm the identities of the victims, it stated that homicide detectives were dispatched to the Reiner residence.
“At this time, no additional details are available and the investigation into an apparent homicide is ongoing,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement posted on social media.
LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton told reporters that no arrests have been made and that no individuals are currently being questioned as suspects.
“I’m not going to confirm whether anyone is being questioned at this moment or not. We are going to try to speak with as many family members as we can,” Hamilton said.
CNN reported that a family spokesperson confirmed the deaths of Reiner and his wife.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, former U.S. President Barack Obama, and former Vice President Kamala Harrisissued statements expressing their condolences.
International
U.S. and Mexico Reach Deal to Address Water Deficit Under 1944 Treaty
The United States and Mexico have reached an agreement to comply with current water obligations affecting U.S. farmers and ranchers and for Mexico to cover its water deficit to Texas under the 1944 Water Treaty, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement.
The department уточified that the agreement applies to both the current cycle and the water deficit from the previous cycle.
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump accused Mexico of failing to comply with the water-sharing treaty between the two countries, which requires the United States to deliver 1.85 billion cubic meters of water from the Colorado River, while Mexico must supply 432 million cubic meters from the Rio Grande.
Mexico is behind on its commitments. According to Washington, the country has accumulated a deficit of more than one billion cubic meters of water over the past five years.
“This violation is severely harming our beautiful crops and our livestock in Texas,” Trump wrote on Monday.
The Department of Agriculture said on Friday that Mexico had agreed to supply 250 million cubic meters of water starting next week and to work toward closing the shortfall.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, quoted in the statement, said Mexico delivered more water in a single year than it had over the previous four years combined.
Trump has said that if Mexico continues to fall short of its obligations, the United States reserves the right to impose 5% tariffs on imported Mexican products.
Mexico’s Deputy Foreign Minister for North America, Roberto Velasco, said that a severe drought in 2022 and 2023prevented the country from meeting its commitments.
International
Several people shot in attack on Brown University campus
Several people were shot on Saturday in an attack on the campus of Brown University, in the northeastern United States, local police reported.
“Shelter in place and avoid the area until further notice,” the Providence Police Department urged in a post on X. Brown University is located in Providence, the capital of the state of Rhode Island.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social that he had been briefed on the situation and that the FBI was on the scene.
At 5:52 p.m. local time (11:52 p.m. GMT), Brown University said the situation was still “ongoing” and instructed students to remain sheltered until further notice.
After initially stating that the suspect had been taken into custody, Trump later posted a second message clarifying that local police had walked back that information. “The suspect has NOT been apprehended,” the U.S. president said.
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