Manfredo Kempff writes in Pagina Siete: De facto legislative Once Mrs. Jeanine Añez legally assumed the Presidency of the Republic, having received command by way of constitutional succession, given the power vacuum after Morales’ flight, what should have happened was putting a padlock on the gate of the Legislative Palace. At the door of the…
Month: May 2020
The masista fascism – El fascismo masista
Renzo Abruzzese writes in Pagina Siete: The masista fascism At the cry of “elections now,” a mass mob took some of El Alto arteries, stoned a pair of buses carrying medical personnel, and an uproar of firecrackers interrupted the silence due to preventive social isolation from the epidemic that plagues the country and the planet….
Arbitration tribunal refuses to suspend Bolivia claim over pandemic
Cosmo Sanderson reports for Latin Lawyer: Covid-19: reporting on a crisis A tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration has refused to extend a deadline for Bolivia to submit its statement of defence in an investment treaty claim, after the state argued that the coronavirus pandemic had made work on the submission “virtually impossible.” In…
Coronavirus gives Bolivia’s ‘interim’ president chance to extend rule
Gideon Long reports for Financial Times: Jeanine Añez settles in for long haul as pandemic adds to political uncertainty When Evo Morales quit the Bolivian presidency amid electoral fraud allegations and fled to Mexico last November after 14 years in power, it seemed that his replacement Jeanine Añez would be in the job for a…
Inability at the service of MAS – La incapacidad al servicio del MAS
Juan Cristobal Soruco writes in Pagina Siete: Inability at the service of MAS The quarantine plus restricted social life and the debate through social networks are saturating me and, I warn you, I am seeing the cruel reality. Since Thursday, I feel that in the environment, in addition to the coronavirus, the coronaevus is circulating,…
Unlimited ambition of MAS – Ambición sin límites del MAS
Editorial from El Deber: Unlimited ambition of MAS The lack of commitment to Bolivians and the ambition for power shown by the assembly members, the militants and the MAS chief, Evo Morales, continues to surprise. The call to elections in three months, ignoring the deadlines that the Supreme Electoral Court clearly gave, and the mobilizations…
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