Supporting democratic principles and standards in Bolivia and throughout Latin America.

supports the important transitions to democracy and the regular peaceful transfers of power through elections that have taken place in the majority of Latin American and Caribbean countries in recent decades;

recognizes the historic significance of Bolivia’s 2005 election;

expresses concern for efforts to circumvent presidential term limits in the Bolivian constitution;

supports presidential term limits prevalent in Latin America as reasonable checks against a history of coups, corruption, and abuses of power;

expresses the belief that the 2016 referendum vote to maintain presidential term limits reflected the legitimate will of the majority of voters in Bolivia;

agrees with the Organization of American States Secretary General's interpretation of the American Convention of Human Rights as not applicable to presidential term limits;

calls on the Government of Bolivia to respect, and where necessary restore, the independence of key electoral and governing bodies and administer the October 2019 election in adherence with international democratic norms and its own constitutional limits on presidential terms; and

calls on Latin American democracies to continue to uphold democratic norms and standards among members states.