Bolivia’s Electoral Fraud Reckoning
While the preponderance of evidence indicates that Bolivia's October 2019 presidential election was marked by rampant fraud, a recent study by two researchers suggests otherwise. But the study's assumptions are questionable, and, even if correct, the authors' results do not show absence of fraud.
WASHINGTON, DC/EDINBURG, TEXAS – Bolivia finds itself at a critical juncture. After its long-serving president, Evo Morales, resigned and fled the country last November in the wake of a presidential election marred by alleged irregularities, a transitional government scrambled to fill the power vacuum, stopped violent clashes, and swiftly called for new elections.