Outgoing socialist President of Bolivia Luis Arce denounced alleged “death threats” that loom over Latin America as a result of the United States’ ongoing drug-fighting efforts in Caribbean international waters during his final speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday.
Arce is in the final weeks of his disastrous socialist presidency and is set to leave office in early November. Bolivians will head to the polls on October 19 for a presidential runoff election between Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira and conservative former President Jorge Quiroga.
The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party to which Arce belongs had monolithically ruled Bolivia for nearly two decades until it suffered a resounding defeat in the August general election, losing not just the pr