The Puebla Group is wrong to believe that the crisis of progressivism is merely a matter of unity. The crisis has burdens that are leading it to the abyss: its obsession with perpetuation in power and state corruption and inefficiency.

In a recent MAS congress, Evo Morales was ratified as national leader and declared the sole candidate for the presidential elections. On the same occasion, President Luis Arce was expelled.

Today the ruling party is divided into two factions: the "arcista" wing of the president and the "evista" or radical wing of former President Evo Morales.

Since 2019, political adversaries have emerged for Evo Morales, from the MAS bases, and the main cause is his interest in running again for the presidency in 2025.

En Bolivia la política no se presenta de la manera clásica como un enfrentamiento entre oficialismo y oposición, sino como una disputa entre facciones al interior del propio partido de gobierno, el MAS.

One key factor for MAS’s victory was its internal reconfiguration, following Evo Morales’ resignation and departure of the party’s former leadership, and the building of alliances based on deepening the ethnic and regional divide.