Eighteen years ago today, Evo Morales, the first indigenous president in the history of Bolivia, assumed office. Leading the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party, Morales launched a transformative agenda to uplift the indigenous, exploited, and oppressed populations in one of the world's poorest countries.

Bolivia, historically politically unstable and ethnically divided, particularly between the impoverished indigenous rural majority and the small white urban elite, experienced profound changes under Morales. Before his presidency, 60% of Bolivians lived in poverty, a figure drastically reduced to 17% within 11 years.

In 2019, a US-backed military coup ousted Evo Morales. This triggered relentless mass protests led by indigenous groups and unions loyal to Morales, who warned of civil war unless the unelected far-right coup government resigned. After 11 months, the MAS won elections with 55.10%, promising to continue Morales' legacy, who had been forced into exile.

In September 2023, Morales declared his intention to run again in the 2025 presidential elections. Since the MAS's return to power, internal struggles have emerged between the radical faction led by Morales and the more moderate wing represented by the current president, Luis Acre, who was expelled from the party in October.

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The Movement of Young Communists of France (MJCF) together with the Youth for Communist Revival in France (JRCF) held an event in memory of V.I. on January 21, 2024. Lenin in Lille.

Young communists paid tribute to a man whose ideas and deeds contributed to the liberation of millions of working people around the world.