Former president and leader of the MAS, Evo Morales, suggested that it would be important for the Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, to lift his bank secrecy to clarify the origin of the funds that allegedly allowed him to purchase a house in Argentina. This accusation is part of a new episode of Morales's constant attacks on President Luis Arce's collaborators.
The criticism arose following the report presented by Minister Del Castillo last week regarding an operation in Villa Tunari, where police forces discovered pools of tambaqui fish breeding amidst facilities dedicated to cocaine manufacturing.
Morales claimed that the government's insinuations align with those of the "right." "It would be important for Del Castillo to lift his bank secrecy. Sooner or later, his white sticks will tell the truth about where Eduardo del Castillo's family owns a house in Argentina," he commented on his Sunday program.
Accusing Torrico
Adding to his list of political adversaries, Morales included the Deputy Minister of Government Coordination, Gustavo Torrico, whom he accused of having been affiliated with the Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN) of the late president Hugo Banzer Suárez. Torrico was one of the main agitators and political defenders during Evo Morales's nearly 17 years in government.
However, following Torrico's recent warning that the MAS could lose its legal status due to Morales's obstinacy, he is now labeled as an "adenista." Morales recalled that Oscar Olivera, the former water leader in Cochabamba, introduced him to Gustavo Torrico, and later informed him about Torrico's connection with the ADN.
"Sometimes you have to purify people who come from other parties; unfortunately, they infiltrate. They are opportunists and calculators. 'Adenista,' 'adenista.' I got along with him as a soldier, I admit it, but then he completely changed and coincided with the right," Morales stated regarding Gustavo Torrico.
New Criticisms Against Arce
During his Sunday program, Morales also referred to President Luis Arce, whom he labeled as "neoliberal" due to his ties since the last government of Víctor Paz Estenssoro, leader of the MNR. Morales believes that Arce is an "emenerista" who has worked at the Central Bank of Bolivia during all the governments preceding the MAS.
He recalled that when he took office in 2006, he didn't know how to form his cabinet and turned to Carlos Villegas for having led the economic team during the campaign. In those circumstances, he also consulted Vice President Álvaro García Linera, who mentioned a young economist who had worked with Villegas, confirming that Luis Arce came from the Socialist Party.
"That's how (Luis Arce enters the cabinet), and there I made a mistake. I should have done follow-up and known where this guy comes from and who he is. I didn't do it, I apologize to the Bolivian people, and it was only during the coup and the elections that I found out that Lucho comes from the MNR and worked as the head of the cash registers at the Central Bank of Bolivia. He has a 100% neoliberal background, which is reflected in his contraction policies, and that's why he didn't want to grant the Juancito Pinto bonus," he affirmed.
In his usual style of attributing certain comments to others, Morales backed his coca grower base, who, according to the MAS leader, view the government of Luis Arce as a "traitor government to the dictatorship" due to the intervention carried out on Saturday morning at the headquarters of the Unique Federation of Peasant Workers that declared itself in resistance in the city of Santa Cruz.
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