Evo Morales' candidate rides high in polls ahead of Bolivia vote
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Former economy minister Luis Arce polling at 29.2% ahead of October election, well ahead of his nearest rival, former president Carlos Mesa, who polled at 19% in most recent poll.
BOLIVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE MOVEMENT FOR SOCIALISM (MAS) PARTY, LUIS ARCE (RIGHT), SPEAKS NEXT TO HIS RUNNING MATE DAVID CHOQUEHUANCA DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN LA PAZ ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 AHEAD OF THE OCTOBER 18 GENERAL ELECTIONS. | AFP / AIZAR RALDES
Leftist candidate Luis Arce has a clear lead going into the final weeks of campaigning for next month's presidential election in Bolivia, a national opinion poll released Wednesday showed.
Former economy minister Arce has 29.2 percent of voter preferences, well ahead of his nearest rival, former president Carlos Mesa, who polled at 19 percent in the Catholic Jubilee foundation poll with a network of universities.
Arce was hand-picked by exiled ex-president Evo Morales to lead his Movement for Socialism (MAS) party's challenge to win back the presidency in twice-delayed October 18 elections.
Bolivians will go to the polls a year after Morales's controversial victory in the last election triggered mass protests over allegations of vote rigging.
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Wikipedia:
Luis Alberto Arce Catacora (born 28 September 1963) is a Bolivian politician who served as the Minister of Economy and Public Finance under President Evo Morales.[1] He is the presidential candidate of MAS-IPSP in the 2020 Bolivian general election.[2]
Minister of Economics
Appointed in 2006, Arce oversaw the nationalization of hydrocarbon, telecommunications, and mining companies in Bolivia, as well as the creation of the Bank of the South.[3] He oversaw the rapid expansion of the Bolivian economy, with GDP increasing by 344% and extreme poverty reduced from 38% to 15%.[4][5] The period of Arce as minister of economics was marked by the high prices of petroleum.
Academic history
Arce has a master's degree in economics sciences from Warwick University in the United Kingdom, where he lived between 1996 and 1997. In 1991, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from the Higher University of San Andrés (UMSA). He also graduated as an accountant from the Bank Education Institute (Instituto de Educación Bancaria) in 1984 and speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese.[6]
He has been invited to speak in highly regarded universities around the world: Harvard University, Columbia University, American University, Pittsburgh University.[7]
Arce Catacora has published several books and articles on economics, including “The Bolivian Economic Social Communitarian Productive Model” (2015), "Uncertainty and Dollarization in Bolivia",[8] “Is it Appropriate the Mechanism of Bolsin (Central Bank’s currency market)?”, “Brief Assessment of Bolivian Exchange Rate Regime, Contribution to the Debate on Dollarization”, “Demand for Money in Bolivia”, “Financial Liberalization and Concentration in the Banking System”.[9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Arce
