Bolivian president asks Congress to approve fresh elections

Deutsche Welle reports: Interim leader Jeanine Anez has asked Congress to approve a law for an upcoming ballot “as the entire country is demanding.” Deadly protests have been ongoing in Bolivia since a disputed election on October 20. Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez said had asked Congress on Wednesday to approve a law that would allow…

Evo again? – ¿Evo de nuevo?

Editorial Pagina Siete, cartoon from El Potosi: Evo again? In a television interview on the international network Al Jazeera, Evo Morales announced that he is withdrawing his presidential candidacy and asked to be allowed to finish his term. Morales’s request is impossible because there is an acting transitional President with the endorsement of the Constitutional…

Evo Morales made Bolivia a narco state

By Mary Anastasia O’Grady WHEN former Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived in Mexico City last week seeking asylum, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard greeted him at the airport. Associated Press photographer Eduardo Verdugo caught the moment on film, with Mr. Ebrard smiling down on the shorter Mr. Morales and gently cradling the side of the…

Bolivia’s first indigenous president was not Morales

From Augusto López Claros, Executive Director, Global Governance Forum, Washington, DC, US I read with interest your thoughtful, balanced editorial [Financial Times] on the recent resignation of president Evo Morales and the protests that led to it (“Morales leaves behind a sad legacy in Bolivia”, November 14). As has been done frequently by the international…

Popular insurrection expelled Evo – Insurrección popular expulsó a Evo

Editorial from El Diario, English/Español; the cartoon at the end is from Los Tiempos: Popular insurrection expelled Evo Rebellion, insurrection, popular uprising, “coup d’etat” and the definition that you want to give, the truth is that the events of November were intended to expel the government of Evo Morales from power for serious political and…