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Weekly Report - 18 October 2018 (WR-18-41)

BOLIVIA: Mesa declares bid for the presidency

Former president Carlos Mesa (2003-2005) has ended speculation. Last week he announced that he would be running for the presidency in the October 2019 general election. Mesa, who acted as spokesperson for Bolivia’s legal case against Chile before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague (which Bolivia recently lost) [WR-18-39], has emerged as the main contender to President Evo Morales, who is making a controversial bid for re-election on the ticket of his Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS).

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