This was the possession of Luis Arce Catacora in Bolivia 2:19
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Luis Arce Catacora, 57, with a degree in Economics, is the 67th president of Bolivia after assuming office this Sunday, after having won, together with David Choquehuanca, now vice president, the general elections of 18 October with 55.10% of the votes.
Luis Arce was Minister of Economy and Finance in the government of former President Evo Morales, and Choquehuanca was Chancellor.
In his first speech as president of Bolivia, Arce promised that he will govern for all Bolivians promoting peace and unity.
“We are beginning a new stage in our history and we want to do it with a government that is for everyone and for everyone, without discrimination of any kind.
Our government will seek at all times to rebuild the country in unity and to live in peace, ”said the new president.
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For his part, the new vice president of the country, David Choquehuanca, stressed the importance of seeking reunion, brotherhood and not confrontation.
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"No more persecution of freedom of expression, no more judicialization of politics, no more abuse of power," he said.
And he affirmed that Bolivians must overcome division, hatred and racism.
The presidents of Argentina, Colombia and Paraguay participated in the presidential inauguration ceremony held at the Legislative Assembly in La Paz.
Also the diplomatic representations of the United States, Iran, Spain, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico and Venezuela, among others.
Former Bolivian presidents and at least 37 union delegates at the national and international level were also invited to the event.
'Good energy, strength and courage': the message of a group of indigenous people to Luis Arce
On the outskirts of the Legislative Assembly, a group of indigenous people from the Omasuyus province of the department of La Paz, made an offering to the Pachamama or mother earth wishing good omens for the new government.
"We indigenous people are celebrating, asking the Pachamama for strength for our new rulers," Mirtha Cruz, an Aymara indigenous, told CNN.
"To our brother president Luis Arce Catacora and also to our vice president we are giving good energy, strength and courage," he said.
During the act of inauguration in the Legislative Assembly, the opposition bench of the Citizen Community expressed its protest by carrying banners with the message “No to abuse of power!
2/3 is democracy! "
on the restitution of the 2/3 vote in the regulations in the Senate and Deputy Chambers, annulled by the legislators of the Movement to Socialism of the previous administration;
an amendment to the regulations in the Legislative Assembly that will allow Arce's party to apply an absolute majority in the new legislature.
According to some analysts, one of the biggest challenges facing the new Bolivian president is the economic reactivation, added to the unification of a politically polarized country, in addition to the issue of the coronavirus pandemic that still affects the country.
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