Location: Salón de las Américas, Organization of American States Main Building, Washington, DC
Oct 22, 2021
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (GMT-5)
A panel event at the Organization of American States (OAS) hosted by the Permanent Missions to the OAS of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Republic of Argentina and the United States of Mexico.
Panelists:
- Jake Johnston, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Co-author of “Observing the Observers: the OAS in the 2019 Bolivian Elections”
- Francisco Rodríguez, Council on Foreign Relations, Co-author of “Do Shifts In Late-Counted Votes Signal Fraud? Evidence from Bolivia”
- Jack Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Co-author of “Analysis of the 2019 Bolivian Election”
Moderated by Kathryn Ledebur, Andean Information Network
The three panelists - Johnston, Rodríguez and Williams - shared their analysis of what took place during the October 2019 vote count process and assessed OAS claims that, in the words of the New York Times, “heightened doubts about the fairness of the vote and fueled a chain of events that changed the South American nation’s history.”
Francisco Guerrero, OAS Secretary for the Strengthening of Democracy, and Gerardo De Icaza, OAS Director of the Department of Electoral Observation and Cooperation, turned down an invitation to also speak in this event.
You can watch a video of the event in English here, and in Spanish here. To see the remarks of each individual speaker in the English version of the event, you can click on the timestamps below:
Introduction
- 20:37 - Kathryn Ledebur, Andean Information Network (moderator)
Presentations
- 31:59 - Jake Johnston, Center for Economic and Policy Research
- 51:28 - Francisco Rodríguez, Council on Foreign Relations
- 1:17:10 - Jack Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Opening and Concluding Remarks
- 0:44 - Héctor Arce Zaconeta, Bolivian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OAS
- 10:26 - Carlos Raimundi, Argentine Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OAS
- 1:35:06 - Luz Elena Baños Rivas, Mexican Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OAS
- 1:44:00 - Wilfredo Chávez Serrano, Attorney General of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Questions & Answers
- 1:27:36 - Questions & Answers
