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<h1 class="reader-title">Luis Arce: 'We Recovered Democracy and
Took Back Our Country'</h1>
October 18, 2020</div>
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<p>The winner of Bolivia's elections Luis Arce Monday
celebrated the unofficial results of the quick
vote-counting as he said, "we will govern for all, we
will redirect the change without hate."</p>
<p>On Sunday night, Bolivian authorities allowed the
results of the exit polls to be presented to the public.
There it was observed that the Movement Towards
Socialism (MAS) won the elections with 53 percent of the
votes in its favor. In the second place was the
right-wing candidate Carlos Mesa, who got the 30.8
percent of the votes.</p>
<p>Minutes after learning of these results, Arce assured
the people that "we will restore unity in our country,
and we will recover the economy, step by step."</p>
<p>In the Socialist headquarters in La Paz, the slogans
"We are MAS" were heard repeatedly. In several areas of
El Alto, La Paz, and Cochabamba, firecrackers were heard
as a sign of celebration.</p>
<p>"I want to thank the Bolivian people for their vote. We
will work to recover their hopes and expectations," said
Arce, who was accompanied by Vice-President David
Choquehuanca. </p>
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<p>MAS Senate candidate Leonardo Loza expressed that "we
will not be a government of persecution. But there
will be no forgetting or forgiving for those who got
killed in Senkata and Sacaba during the 2019 coup."</p>
<p>"MAS had a resounding victory. We have become
millions," Bolivia's former President Evo Morales
stressed.</p>
<p>The coup-born regime's leader Jeanine Añez
acknowledged MAS' victory and congratulated the
Arce-Choquehuanca binomial for having achieved a
majority of the votes. </p>
<p>"We still do not have the official count, but the
data shows that MAS won. Congratulations to the
winners. I ask them to govern with Bolivia and
democracy in mind," Añez tweeted.</p>
<p>So far, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) official
vote count has only processed 15.66 percent of the
total votes.</p>
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