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Bolivia: Inter-American Court rules that indefinite reelection is not a human right

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has determined that "the ban on indefinite reelection is compatible with the American Convention on Human Rights."

The Court's "advisory opinion" was met with great interest and controversy in Bolivia, which remains afflicted by a serious political crisis triggered by the rejection of certain sectors of the population to Evo Morales' 4th electoral dispute in 2019.

To get Morales to run at the time, despite the Constitution banning it, his party, the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) secured a Constitutional Court ruling that re-elections can take place . . .

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