October 16, 2011 – Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe)

BBC reports on Judicial Bolivian election

Main excerpts follow: “Bolivia judges election tests Evo Morales support” “Voting has ended in Bolivia after the first ever election to choose the country’s top judges. Exit polls suggested a large number of voters deliberately spoiled their ballots in protest against President Evo Morales. Mr Morales says the elections will make Bolivia’s justice system more…

Bolivian president’s 4 minute speech about today’s Judicial “election”

Around 21:04 current Bolivian president gave a press conference regarding the Judicial electoral vote to His speech lasted four 4 minutes; most of the time he spoke about general stuff, nothing of substance. Then, he said that there was lack of information to the people; however people showed and voted in a remarkable way. President thanked the…

Judicial official election’s results by Oct 29th

The head of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), Wilfredo Ovando estimates the official results of today’s election could be delivered at most by October 29, 2011. 5.2 million people are expected to vote today; to elect 28 magistrates and a similar number of alternates for the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, and Environmental and the Council of the Magistracy. http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/politica/20111016/tse-dara-a-conocer-los-resultados-oficiales-de-elecciones-hasta-el-29-de_145832_301296.html

Bolivian elderly people “do not need to vote” today…?!

Puka ReyesVilla reports in his Facebook: “At Aspiazu School (Sopocachi, La Paz), there were many elderly citizens that went TO CAST THEIR VOTE, they were not listed -were they edited?- When they were demanding to do so, the electoral notary Selma Soria (in the picture below) said “elderly don’t need to vote”…