Bolivia's President Arce, polls slipping, quits 2025 presidential race
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Facing the prospect of a humiliating defeat in Bolivia's presidential election in August, President Luis Arce , who assumed office in 2020 and was expected to seek a second term, said Tuesday he would withdraw from the race.
The decision, announced in a lengthy late-night televised address, comes as a rift deepens at the top of Bolivia's governing party , where Arce and his erstwhile ally, former President Evo Morales , struggle for control of their leftist bloc.
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