Evo Morales on the STEP: "This is a rebellion against …

Bolivian President Evo Morales said Mauricio Macri's tough defeat at Sunday's OSP sparked a "rebellion" by the Argentine people against the International Monetary Fund's economic model. In the midst of the sharp devaluation of the Argentine peso due to the economic measures of the ruling party, the president asked "a deep reflection" on the primary elections in which he won with more than 47% of the votes in the Front of All, led by Alberto Fernández.

Morales, who has more than once condemned the "blackmail" imposed by the Fund in Bolivia and asked how his country had managed to get rid of the influence of the agency, pointed out that the election result should be read in view of the general rejection of the Argentineans with regard to the policies imposed by the Fund as a result of the agreement signed by the Macri Government in 2018.

"I can understand that there is a rebellion of the Argentine people against the economic model of the International Monetary Fund and that it should lead us to a deep reflection, as I understand it Morales said at a press conference in La Paz, in which he discussed various issues. , particularly with regard to the elections to be held in Bolivia on 20 October.

However, the president has devoted a paragraph to the situation in which is Argentina "in economic matters", admitting that he is "very concerned" by the impact that the crisis could have on the Bolivia.

In this sense, he explained that he was talking with businessmen and union leaders related to his government to badess how this could affect them and how to "protect" himself from problems. Economics of Argentina.