Bolivia presidential candidates hold debate

Seven Bolivian presidential candidates appeared on a nationally broadcast debate Saturday ahead of the October 18 election. The front-runner is former economy minister Luis Arce, the candidate of ex-president Evo Morales' Movement for Socialism (MAS).

Former president Carlos Mesa and civic leader Luis Fernando Camacho are the leading challengers. Several polls indicate Movement for Socialism would lead on voting day, but struggle for the support needed to avoid a runoff pitting the top two candidates against each other.

If there should be a runoff, MAS would come under more pressure if its opponents united. Bolivia is currently lead by Jeanine Áñez of the Democrat Social Movement after the disputed 2019 election results ended in civil unrest and the resignation of Morales' government.

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