Arce moves point to fear of future ‘coups’ in Bolivia

Significance

The government is determined to prevent a repeat performance, even at the cost of creating new tensions with the military hierarchy. It seeks to establish a narrative that Morales’s resignation was a coup and that the 2019 elections were fair.

Impacts

• Arce will seek to prevent opposition governors from making common cause.
• Bolivia will continue to receive US criticism for its policies related to coca production.
• Attempts to forge closer relations with Peru will run into opposition in Lima.