Since May 11, thousands of Bolivians have been mobilizing, against hunger and to demand the resignation of self-appointed president Jeanine Áñez and for democratic elections in the country

The coup-installed regime in Bolivia rejects the 2020 General Elections Postponement Law, which establishes a maximum period of 90 days to hold the elections in the country

The presidential candidate of the Movement for Socialism in Bolivia, Luis Arce Catacora, talks about COVID-19 being used as a pretext to postpone elections, the economic policies of the coup government, and the approach his party plans to take

The protest broke out after the death of a prisoner, who supposedly had symptoms of the novel coronavirus

The president of Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Court, Salvador Romero, announced that elections will be postponed and a new date will be approved in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly

According to a recent poll, Luis Arce of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), is the preferred candidate in the upcoming presidential elections with a 15% lead

Morales and his legal team denounced the move by the de-facto government as illegal repression of his political rights

Members of Evo Morales’ party the Movement Towards Socialism have faced constant and brutal persecution by the de-facto government since Morales was overthrown in a civic military coup last November

MAS successfully filed the nomination of all its candidates for the upcoming general elections in Bolivia in spite of political persecution and attempts to obstruct their participation by the coup regime

Luis Arce, the presidential candidate of the socialist MAS party, denounced that the de-facto government is trying to impede his participation in the general elections on May 3

Former economy minister Luis Arce and former foreign minister David Choquehuanca will run on the MAS presidential ticket