From the Editorial Board of The Washington Post: BOLIVIA WAS wracked by violence and in danger of slipping into anarchy on Monday. While both military leaders and civilian agitators were culpable, there could be little doubt who was ultimately responsible for the chaos: newly resigned president Evo Morales. Mr. Morales, who had grown increasingly autocratic…
Day: November 11, 2019
Evo Morales Finally Went Too Far – THERE WAS NO COUP D’ETAT!
Yascha Mounk, Contributing writer at The Atlantic, reports: Bolivia’s socialist president claimed authoritarian powers in the name of the popular will. But average citizens were fed up with arbitrary rule. Evo Morales has been attacking Bolivia’s democracy for many years. Since coming to office in 2006, the socialist president has concentrated ever more authority in his…
Bolivia in chaos after Evo Morales quits – THERE WAS NO COUP D’ETAT!
The Economist reports: Gone, but not quietly Bolivia in chaos after Evo Morales quits Violence worsens after he claims to be the victim of a coup EVO MORALES built his political career in the Chapare, a rural coca-growing region in central Bolivia. He became Bolivia’s first president of indigenous origin in 2006 and won re-election…
Bolivia President Evo Morales resigns amid fierce backlash over disputed election
Thomson Reuters reports for CBC: Report says there were serious irregularities in election that Morales claimed to win Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday he would resign after the military called on him to step down and allies tumbled away amid a fierce backlash over a disputed election that has roiled the South American…
Evo Morales’ power grab would be a great Netflix series. Call it ‘Emperor of the Andes’
Andres Oppenheimer writes in the Miami Herald. For Spanish, use this link: Dear Netflix content director, Thank you for your recent television series about political corruption and government abuses in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Cuba, some of which I have truly enjoyed. But if you’re looking for new ideas for a series taking place in…
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