Thread by @RodDMartin

🚨 The Socialists just COLLAPSED in Bolivia.

For the first time in 20 years, the Left has been wiped off the map.

The presidential run-off this fall? 🔥

👉 Two conservatives. No socialist in sight.

Here’s why this is a MASSIVE deal 🧵👇

2/ Bolivia was one of the Left’s crown jewels.

For 2 decades, Evo Morales & his socialist party (MaS) dominated the country.

Now? Their candidate just pulled 3% in the first round. That’s not a defeat—it’s a humiliation.

3/ The run-off:

🇧🇴 Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga (former president, center-right)
🇧🇴 Rodrigo Paz Pereira (relative newcomer, also center-right)

Both conservatives. Both rejecting socialism.

This is unheard of in Latin America.

4/ Why the collapse?

❌ Soaring inflation
❌ Corruption & scandals
❌ Morales’s bitter feud with his own successor, Luis Arce
❌ Allegations Morales had sex with a 15-year-old girl

Even die-hard supporters had enough.

theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

5/ Evo Morales—Bolivia’s first indigenous president—once had cult-like popularity.

Now? Both remaining candidates have vowed to arrest him if they win.

That’s how far the socialist strongman has fallen.

6/ Meanwhile, Bolivia is sitting on a GOLDMINE:

⚡ Some of the largest lithium deposits in the world.
⚡ Essential for phones, laptops, EVs, and defense tech.

Who controls Bolivia controls part of the global tech supply chain.

7/ This matters beyond Bolivia.

We’ve already seen Argentina swing hard right with Javier Milei.

Now Bolivia.

The pink tide of socialism in Latin America is breaking.

And it’s conservatives leading the way. 🌊🇧🇴🇦🇷

8/ The stakes are high:

👉 Will Bolivia follow Argentina with radical market reforms?
👉 Will conservatives finally end the cycle of corruption?
👉 Or will the Left claw back through chaos and unrest?

Either way, socialism just suffered a knockout blow.

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