President Claudia Sheinbaum regretted this Monday the internal division between the progressive forces in Bolivia, after the victory of Rodrigo Paz, in the second round of the presidential elections in the South American country, and affirmed that unity is essential for the transformation movements in Latin America.
“From the perspective of the progressive movements in Latin America, it is a shame that they have been divided there in Bolivia,” said the president during her morning press conference, when questioned about the Bolivian elections.
Sheinbaum’s reaction occurs after Paz won on Sunday with 54.61% of the votes compared to the 45.39% obtained by former right-wing president Jorge Tuto Quiroga, according to the preliminary count of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, with 97.86% of the minutes processed.
Paz’s victory ended an era of two decades of leftist governments in the Andean country.
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Sheinbaum affirms that unity is important
Sheinbaum, who came to power promoted by the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena), defended that internal cohesion is key to maintaining popular support.
“For our movement, unity is very important. Sometimes that is minimized,” he said, warning that political fragmentation usually weakens government projects.
“Speaking politically about the transformation movement, it is very important to remain in unity because when you divide, that is when you lose strength with the people, with the people,” he added.
The president did not mention specific Bolivian candidates or parties, but her statements came after Sunday’s elections in Bolivia, amid the rupture between sectors of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS), which governed under the leadership of Evo Morales.
Mexico historically supported left-wing governments in the region and Sheinbaum reiterated his support for Latin American integration from a progressive vision.
The future new Bolivian president, Rodrigo Paz, will take office on November 8 to replace Luis Arce, of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS), a party that has governed since 2006, except for the brief period of President Jeanine Añez (2019-2020).
With information from EFE
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