Followers of the former President of Bolivia Evo Morales (2006-2019) condemned this Wednesday a new “attempt on the life” of the former president, this time with the use of chemicals allegedly placed in the room where he stayed in the tropics of Cochabamba, his political and trade union bastion, a place from which he never left from October.

“We condemn before the international community that our leader and commander of the revolution a new attempt was made on him using chemical substances which were scattered in the rooms where he stayed,” Leonardo Losa, a senator from the Movement to Socialism and close to Morales, posted on his social networks.

Morales recounted the day on the Kawsachun Coca radio program. found “something like green flour” on the floor and on the wall of my room and thought it was “some kind of product for killing ants and other insects.”

This was reported by a radio associated with the former president. this is copper oxychloridea chemical that is used as a fungicide, although there are no official statements or evidence regarding this.

Morales supporters condemned it The government of Luis Arce is responsible for this. this “new attack” to prevent its leader from becoming a presidential candidate in the 2025 elections.

“It is enough for Lucio (Luis) Arce, it is enough for the Ministry of Government to attack our brother Morales (…) I think that they have already crossed the border. We are not going to let that happen,” said Richard Medina, councilor for the tropical municipality of Villa Tunari.

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For his part, peasant leader Esteban Alavi, loyal to President Luis Arce, said that Alleged attack may have been ‘self-attack’ and indicated that “this is not credible and should be investigated” and stated that the former president was guarded by hundreds of his followers, making it difficult to believe that an attack had occurred.

October 27, Bolivia’s former ruler condemns ‘armed attack’ against him in an alleged persecution aimed at ending his life, and accused the government of Luis Arce of planning it to prevent him from becoming the presidential candidate of the ruling Movement to Socialism (MAS) in the 2025 elections.

For his part, government minister Eduardo del Castillo accused Morales of shooting at the police officers in two cars during a routine anti-drug operation and, in addition, He reported that his followers burned both cars after forcibly removing them from a military unit in the Tropics.

Morales is rooted in the tropics of Cochabamba. since October due to a possible warrant for his arrest in a human trafficking and statutory rape case in which he is involved.

Likewise, the former President of Bolivia recently lost the historic leadership of MAS for almost 30 years, as the Supreme Electoral Court recognized him as the new President of the ruling party. peasant leader Grover Garcia, who is related to President Arce.

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Morales also insists that he will run as a presidential candidate in the 2025 elections, despite a constitutional prohibition that states that a person You can only be re-elected “once only” either continuously or periodically, which would disqualify the former president, who had already served as Bolivia’s president for three consecutive terms.

Arce and Morales have been separated since the end of 2021. Due to differences in the leadership of the ruling Movement towards Socialism (MAS) and the executive branch, this has caused a deep split in the ruling party, which is exacerbating the economic crisis Bolivia is experiencing due to shortages of dollars and fuel shortages. (EFE)