“We are very honored to receive the Simon Bolivar Medal, a distinction of the Andean Parliament, for having contributed to improving the quality of life in our country and that Latin America is debating a new model with positive economic and social results,” the president wrote on his Twitter account.

The regional legislative chamber conferred its highest distinction to the economist and professor for his contribution to development, democracy and integration.

Arce received the award from the head of the Andean Parliament, Juan Pablo Letelier, at the Casa Grande del Pueblo (government headquarters) on the 13th anniversary of the founding of the Plurinational State.

Letelier, for his part, reiterated that the Simon Bolivar Award for Latin American Integration is the highest distinction conferred by the regional parliament to personalities who contribute to regional development with an integrationist vision.

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