For the Bolivian family and so that our children don’t leave | Por la familia Boliviana y para que nuestros hijos no se vayan

By Fernando Rollano:

Jaime Dunn passes through Santa Cruz

Although he was not present in person, some of the core ideas and programmatic proposals of presidential candidate Jaime Dunn were widely shared at two recent events organized by his liberal supporters in the city of Santa Cruz.

The group Renovación Bolivia brought together around three hundred people this past Monday in the hall of a downtown hotel, with several panelists who, among other topics, highlighted the slogan “we are all the great Bolivia-family and together we can change this country,” while calling for national unity around the political renewal and democratic redirection project proposed by Dunn. “Love for the family; love for Bolivia,” they emphasized.

Meanwhile, the so-called liberal gathering of the Voz Liberal group brought together several everyday citizens on Tuesday around the Cristo Redentor monument in the city, to share the microphone and speak out alongside guests and passersby. Among the many participating voices, young people were heard saying that “the darkest hour always comes before the light appears,” referring to the country’s current situation and the potential promising change represented by the Dunn-for-President option; while an elderly participant invoked the liberal cause so that “our children and grandchildren won’t want to leave the country.”

When event attendees were asked what they know about the candidate Jaime Dunn, what more they would like to learn about his campaign, and what attracts them the least or what they feel least identified with, the answers ranged from “a figure who appears out of nowhere, seems to know a lot about economics, a good analyst, but with no political experience in a highly politicized national scenario”; to “nobody knows who is with him or whether he has a solid technical team backing him”; and “he should be more inclusive in his speech and proposals, moving from ‘I’m going to, I have’ to ‘we are going to, we have.’”

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