[pessimizer]

I wouldn't be surprised either, seeing as Arce has gone off-script as if he's been bought and paid for. He wasn't really elected himself, he was elected as a proxy for Morales who had been overthrown and exiled by a coup. He's followed that up with a complete break with Morales.

What wouldn't surprise me even more is if this coup were staged to allow Arce the excuse to put the country into martial law before being voted out.

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Evo Morales’ party expels President Luis Arce and deepens political war in Bolivia

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-10-05/evo-mora...

In Bolivia, an “Intense” Battle Between Arce and Morales

https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/in-bolivia-an-inte...

[throw-the-towel]

How exactly did Arce go off script?

[pessimizer]

Arce has not been a proxy for Morales, which is who people were actually voting for. That was the script.