Controversy over the list of guests for the inauguration of Luis Arce: Nicolás Maduro is not there, but Juan Guaidó is and the King of Spain is also going

10/30/2020 7:40 PM

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Updated 10/30/2020 7:52 PM

The invitations to the inauguration ceremony of the new president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, triggered the controversy 10 days after the oath.

It is that the interim government of

decided to marginalize Nicolás Maduro from the list of leaders, but included the opposition leader Juan Guaidó on that list, in which the

, vice president of the government,

are already confirmed

.

King Felipe VI, as usual on these occasions, will travel accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, as stated in the official agendas of both.

For their part, sources from the

team

Iglesias celebrated the result of the recent general elections in Bolivia with the victory of Luis Arce, which in his opinion represented a

"They let the Bolivians vote and they have said it very clearly again. New historic victory for the Movement towards Socialism and a citizen lesson to the coup. Congratulations president," he said on Twitter to highlight the result of the party of former president Evo Morales.

Luis Arce, president-elect of Bolivia.

AFP photo

Beyond the Spanish quota in the ceremony, the main focus of attention will be on the Venezuelan / Bolivarian leg of the act.

Is that the differences between the outgoing and incoming government of Bolivia are reflected even in the inauguration ceremony of Arce: because while the interim president Jeanine Áñez summoned the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, the party of the new president said that it will invite President Nicolás Mature.

Arce, former Minister of Economy of former President Evo Morales, won the elections on October 18 with 55% of the votes and his victory was read as a revenge for the MAS, Morales' party, after the events that led to his departure from power ago just under a year.

For that reason,

However, according to the protocol, the invitations to the assumption must be sent by the Foreign Ministry, and the body already reported in a statement that it did not summon Morales because it considers him

or to Maduro because it does not recognize him as President.

Arce “the host of the acts of transmission of command, has expressed his desire to extend invitations to Evo Morales and Nicolás Maduro to said ceremony.

However, the Foreign Ministry will not extend such invitations, '' the statement added.

But the president of the Senate Eva Copa, of the Movement for Socialism - the Arce y Morales party - warned that if the Foreign Ministry does not do so, she will invite them.

Pablo Iglesias with the President of Spain, Pedro Sánchez.

Foreign Minister Karen Longaric said recently that more than 100 invitations were extended and that the first to confirm their attendance were the delegations of Spain and the United States, without specifying which authorities will be present.

From Spain it was confirmed that King Felipe VI will attend the event.

The outgoing government also reported that due to the new coronavirus pandemic, guests will be asked to have a test that certifies that they are not infected.

Morales has already announced that he will not attend the event and that he will return to Bolivia from his exile in Argentina one day after Arce's inauguration.

The ex-president anticipated that he will settle in the coca-growing region of Chimoré.

Source: agencies