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In Beni department, wild-card candidate and oral surgeon Alejandro Unzueta leads polls for governor, leading both ex-president Jeanine Áñez and resigned MAS governor Alex Ferrier.On twitter.com
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Unzueta led a corps of medical professionals, the self-proclaimed "Knights Templar", providing a four-drug cocktail as a treatment for COVID-19 last year. eldeber.com.bo/beni/alejandro-unzueta-en-vez-de-premiar-al-boliviano-que-descubrio-una-cura-contra-el-covid-19-lo-que-ha_181254Permalink On twitter.com
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His platform: public investments in education, health, roads, and both private enterprise and the peasant sector, centered around Beni's comparative lagging vs other departments. He would build a highway to Cochabamba outside of TIPNIS. facebook.com/BeniUnSoloCorazon/posts/114972897235448Permalink On twitter.com
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The latter is significant since the MAS (or at least Evo Morales) is promising a return to building the TIPNIS highway should they win governorships in Cochabamba (nearly certain) and Beni. paginasiete.bo/nacional/2021/2/20/evo-pide-votos-para-terminar-via-por-el-tipnis-le-dicen-que-es-un-crimen-284983.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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Unzueta has partnered with Felix Patzi's Movimiento Tercer Sistema to get on the ballot. Patzi is governor of La Paz and his political vision is indigenous and anticapitalist. No sign that Unzueta's vision is either. opinion.com.bo/articulo/pais/patzi-dice-mts-tiene-posibilidades-ganar-gobernaciones-paz-beni-pando/20210131163009806028.htmlPermalink On twitter.com