Brazilian Government sends note of greeting to the president-elect of Bolivia | World

A candidate of the left-wing Movement for Socialism (MAS) party and an ally of former president Evo Morales, whose government served as Economy Minister, Arce was officially proclaimed president on Friday (23), after the conclusion of the recount. He obtained 55.1% of the votes, compared to 28.8% for runner-up Carlos Mesa, from the right-wing Community Citizen party.

“The Brazilian Government congratulates Luis Alberto Arce Catacora and David Choquehuanca for their election to the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and salutes the Bolivian people and government for carrying out the electoral process in an atmosphere of tranquility and harmony,” he says the text of the note.

Until the beginning of the night this Friday (23), Brazil was the only neighboring country to Bolivia that had not manifested itself in the victory of Arce. The presidents of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Paraguay had already congratulated the elected president.

On the 19th, four days before the conclusion of the classification, Carlos Mesa had already acknowledged the opponent’s victory. Last year, when Jeanine Añez assumed the Bolivian presidency on an interim basis, Brazil was the first to legitimize the then new government.

In the note, Itamaraty records that the local political forces respected the “popular will expressed at the polls.”

“The Brazilian Government affirms its willingness to work with the new Bolivian authorities with a view to implementing initiatives of common interest and in the field of ties of friendship, neighborhood and cooperation that unite the two countries and their peoples,” the text says.

In October of last year, there were presidential elections in Bolivia and Evo Morales was victorious for the fourth time. At that time, an audit by the Organization of American States (OAS) indicated that there was fraud.

In November, Morales canceled the results of the vote. Hours later, pressured by the military to resign, he resigned. He went into exile in Mexico and then Argentina. Jeanine Añez later assumed as interim president.

Read below the full note published by Itamaraty.

Presidential elections in Bolivia

The Brazilian Government congratulates Luis Alberto Arce Catacora and David Choquehuanca for their election to the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and salutes the Bolivian people and government for carrying out the electoral process in an atmosphere of tranquility and harmony, for whose success It contributed to the independent action of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in the official vote count, as well as the democratic and constructive attitude of the government of President Jeanine Áñez.

The Brazilian Government salutes the country’s political forces for respecting the popular will expressed at the polls. It recognizes, in particular, the importance of the participation of independent observers from the missions that accompanied the vote – from the OAS, Parlasul, European Union, United Nations, Uniore and the Carter Center Institute – whose scrutiny has contributed to ensuring the legitimacy and transparency of the election. and to ensure that the sovereign wish of the Bolivian people was respected in the election of their leaders.