Possible explosive artifact is detonated near the polling place in Bolivia, says local press

Bolivia: Right candidates are favorites in election on Sunday an explosion was recorded near an electoral section in the Kutimarca community in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The case occurred on Saturday (16), according to local press. “The Departmental Electoral Court has contacted the local authorities to verify that there are guarantees to install the electoral section on Sunday,” said Minister of Government Roberto Ríos. According to the Bolivian information agency, despite the explosion, this Sunday’s vote began without incidents. At about 5:40 am, teams from the Departmental Electoral Court, accompanied by military, arrived at the scene to monitor the lawsuit, said Edson Claure, departmental police commander. Elections in Bolivia Bolivian voters go to the consulate of Bolivia in Corumbá to vote. Jaderson Moreira/TV Morena affected by a deep economic crisis, Bolivians are preparing to give a radical turn on the presidential election this Sunday (17), according to France Press. According to the main projections, the country should elect a candidate from the right after 20 years of dominance of the movement to socialism (MAS), led by Evo Morales in power. Millionaire businessman Samuel Doria Medina, 66, and former 65-year-old president Jorge Quiroga, leads voting polls among the eight candidates and are expected to play the second round on October 19. Medicine competes for the Alliance National Unit, and Quiroga, the Free Alliance, both directist parties. The two opponents of the current government promise the end of the state economic model imposed by the MAS. The country of 11.3 million inhabitants, with strong indigenous influence and rich in lithium, attend the ballot box in a scenario of dollars, fuels and food. The accumulated inflation of the last year is close to 25%, the highest since 2008. Most of the population attribute the crisis to President Luis Arce’s unpopular government.

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