Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: Dispersion of the vote, danger to democracy Why did Evo Morales win the 2005 election with 54% of votes? Partly because the party system collapsed, because the parties that formed alliances to create the agreed democracy were prelude to them in the use of the State, because the MIR,…
Month: February 2020
Bolivia Is Still Stuck on Evo Morales
Brendan O’Boyle reports for Americas Quarterly: Fear, vendettas, and intrigue risk driving Bolivia’s presidential race more than the country’s everyday problems. Following Bolivia’s worst political crisis in more than a decade, many observers hoped that the upcoming May 3 elections would allow the country to turn the page. But former president Evo Morales continues to loom…
Bolivia elections: Time for consistency from Christian candidates
Benedict Mayaki reports for Vatican News: Fr. José Fuentes urges politicians to adopt Christian values as they campaign ahead of Bolivia’s general elections. The General Secretary of the Bolivian Bishop’s Conference, Fr. José Fuentes Cano, has called on the candidates of the Bolivian presidential elections, slated for May 3, 2020, to concentrate more on the…
evo’s legacy: had 52 now 12 international air routes – Legado de evo: de 52 a 12 rutas aéreas internacionales
La Prensa reports: Bolivia lost 12 international air routes [sic] In the 14 years of the Evo Morales government, Bolivia went from having 52 international routes to just 12, he told the digital newspaper Urgente.bo, the Minister of Public Works, Services and Social Housing, Iván Arias. “Instead of competing and expanding in the sector market,…
La infinita estupidez de las fuerzas opositoras al MAS
Rolando Tellería escribe en Página Siete: Las fuerzas opositoras al Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) que hoy reflotan gracias al movimiento ciudadano, que con una tenaz e intensa lucha en las calles logró derrotar al caudillo, nunca pudieron, desde 2005, enfrentar a Evo Morales en las urnas. Es más, son coautores de ese abominable engendro. Con…
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