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LIBRE – Liberty and Democracy (Spanish: LIBRE – Libertad y Democracia), commonly known as Libre (English: Free), is an electoral alliance in Bolivia formed by the Revolutionary Left Front (FRI) and the Social Democratic Movement (MSD) to contest the 2025 Bolivian general election. The alliance is led by former president Jorge Quiroga.[4]
The alliance was formed as Liberty and Republic (Spanish: Libertad y República) on 17 December 2024, a day before joining the Block of Unity, from which it split on 17 April 2025.[5][6][7]
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On 8 January 2020, Jorge Quiroga, President of Bolivia from 2001 to 2002, announced his candidacy for the 2020 general election.[8] In order to run, he formed an alliance with the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement and the Movement for Sovereignty, named Libre 21 – Liberty and Democracy.[9] The alliance nominated Quiroga for president and Tomasa Yarhui for vicepresident.[10] With most of the opinion polls giving Libre 21 a vote share around 1% and 3%, the alliance dropped out from the race on 11 October.[11][12] The move, aimed at preventing Luis Arce from winning in the first round, failed as Arce won more than 50% of the vote on election day.[13]
2025 general election
Ahead of the 2025 general election, Quiroga announced his intention of mounting a presidential candidacy and suggested the Revolutionary Left Front (FRI) as the political vehicle to register his candidacy.[14] On 18 December 2024, former president Carlos Mesa, announced the formation of the Block of Unity, which would be conformed by former minister Samuel Doria Medina, former governor of Santa Cruz Luis Fernando Camacho and Quiroga himself.[15]
As most of the precandidates withdrew from the race in the successive months, the remaining candidates, Doria Medina and Quiroga, clashed over the method used to determine who would receive the nomination of the block.[16] Eventually, Quiroga opted to split from the block and register Libre as an independent alliance composed of the FRI and the Social Democratic Movement (MSD).[5][17] The alliance was registered in the Plurinational Electoral Organ on 17 April 2025, becoming the first alliance to do so.[2]
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