General documents - HRVP Statement of 10 August 2020 on the electoral preparations in Bolivia - Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community

Bolivia: Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on the electoral preparations

Recent developments in Bolivia, with discrepancies between the political actors on the election date, are increasing tensions that are negatively affecting the country's stability and social peace at a crucial moment, when Bolivia is led by an interim government and elections have been postponed twice so far due to the spread of the coronavirus.
Bolivians are suffering from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with an already strained healthcare system, now additionally struggling also from the lack of supplies and oxygen running short.
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