Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- Luis Arce won 55.1 per cent of the votes in the presidential election held on October 18 against six rival candidates including a former President. This election victory provided vindication for the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), the party of former President Evo Morales who was ousted in a military coup on November 10, 2019 and now lives in exile in Argentina. Mr. Arce's landslide victory left no room to contest the results or the need for a runoff election. He will assume office on November 8.

The coup against President Morales was orchestrated by the US. Now the landslide victory of Mr. Arce as the candidate representing the party of Evo Morales, MAS, puts the US machinations of fomenting coups and regime changes ...