Overview

• Luis Arce announced he will not seek reelection in Bolivia’s August 2025 presidential election, citing the need to avoid dividing the leftist vote.
• Bolivia’s Constitutional Court upheld a ruling barring Evo Morales from running for president again due to constitutional term limits.
• Morales, facing an arrest warrant on charges of statutory rape, remains in Cochabamba and has rejected the court’s decision, insisting on his candidacy.
• Arce urged the fractured Movement for Socialism (MAS) party to rally behind a single candidate to challenge the opposition in the upcoming election.
• Senate President Andrónico Rodríguez and opposition leader Samuel Doria Medina have emerged as key figures preparing their candidacies for the election.