Argentina: Morales-backed Bolivian presidential candidate holds press conference in BA

W/S Candidate for Bolivian presidency, Luis Arce, holding a press conference, Buenos Aires
C/U Arce
M/S Arce
W/S Journalists preparing for press conference
SOT, Luis Arce, Bolivian Presidential Candidate (Spanish): "My thanks again to the instrument, to the social movements, President Evo [Morales] and to all those who are trusting in this great challenge, to be able to take this challenge in an election that will not make [it] easy."
M/S Journalists *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Luis Arce, Bolivian Presidential Candidate (Spanish): "The meeting that has been here in Buenos Aires has been an official meeting that the political instrument Tel Mas and the PSP, therefore all the resolutions that have been poured and that have been defined are for us the militants of the MAS and the PSP of compliance mandatory for each of the members and social organisations that we compose."
C/U Camera *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Luis Arce, Bolivian Presidential Candidate (Spanish): "I got in touch with fellow David [Choquehuanca] last night, we have talked, as we have always been doing all this time, he is also talking with several organisations, today he is in several meetings socialising what has happened here in Argentina, because there are challenges, challenges that we have and we are walking together to keep our partners together because it is the only formula we have to move forward."
M/S Journalists *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Luis Arce, Bolivian Presidential Candidate (Spanish): "My candidacy basically also reflects the more than 2 million people we got out of poverty and there they are now in the middle class, we have entered the middle class in my country, with our economic and social policies."
W/S Arce and journalists at press conference *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Luis Arce, Bolivian Presidential Candidate (Spanish): "Today in Bolivia, we have scared people going to the banks withdrawing their money from the banks, negative expectations have been generated, the uncertainty of the population, what is coming, because Mrs. Anez's government is not handling the economy properly, there are many mistakes, people are understanding that we are going back to the past."
M/S Arce *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Luis Arce, Bolivian Presidential Candidate (Spanish): "Hopefully when we arrive - because we are going to return to the country anyway, we have to campaign there - we will be given the conditions and guarantees to be able to do our campaign."
M/S Arce drinking *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Luis Arce, Bolivian Presidential Candidate (Spanish): "We realised that racism is present, even against our own President Evo, an aspect that of course, at this height of humanity, is completely unacceptable."
C/U Camera screen showing Arce
M/S Arce leaving
SCRIPT
Bolivian Presidential Candidate for 'Movement for Socialism' (MAS) Luis Arce, held a press conference in Buenos Aires on Monday.
Arce, who was Minister of Economy from 2006 to 2017 and again from January 2019 until the recent turmoil in the country, described the coming elections as “not easy.”
The highly-respected economist was nominated by the exiled former President Evo Morales, who described him as "a combination of the city and the countryside to continue the process of change."
"My candidacy basically also reflects the more than 2 million people we got out of poverty and there they are now in the middle class," Arce added.
Arce accused the Interim-President Jeanine Anez of "not handling the economy properly," and added that "people are understanding that we are going back to the past."
He criticised the high level of racism against the indigenous people of Bolivia, even against Morales, and confirmed that he will return to Bolivia, and hoped for having "the conditions and guarantees to be able to do our campaign."
He mentioned that he is "in touch with fellow David [Choquehuanca]," the former foreign minister and the vice-presidential candidate, to "keep our partners together because it is the only formula we have to move forward."
Former President Evo Morales announced his Movement of Socialism party's candidates for the country's May 3 elections at a press conference, in Buenos Aires on Sunday.