https://nitter.poast.org/redstreamnet/status/1806701150940385757

live-tucker-reaction what is happening?

The response to this tweet:

Evo Morales is already declared as the presidential candidate of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS-IPSP) at their party congress in Cochabamba a few months ago. The congress has also voted to expel President Luis Arce.

Is this true?

  • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    They voted to expel Arce like last year didn’t they? Also, I remember reading that the general made threats against Evo, saying he’d arrest him if he ran again, so if true, that’d be a weird thing to say your former ally lied about lol. But at the same time, Evo’s really popular so from a tactical view, appearing to ‘protect’ Evo is definitely something smart to do

    • Tachanka [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      5 months ago

      They voted to expel Arce like last year didn’t they?

      Yeah I updated the main post with the reply, which I read after making the thread. That's interesting. I wasn't familiar with all these issues inside of MAS

    • Tachanka [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      5 months ago

      Interesting. What is the case for Arce sucking, from your perspective?

      • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        I'm not Nakoichi but Arce has been pretty bad at protecting indigenous Bolivians from the mining operations leaving dangerous residue in the water.

          • Awoo [she/her]
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            5 months ago

            It created an interesting situation in which MAS was elected into power and then expelled the leader of the party who was currently president. Effectively the government went from being a MAS government to being an independent government.

            But yes, there's a significant power battle going on between the left leaning socdems and the actual socialists.