The Economist: Last october, after an election marred by accusations of fraud, Joan Fernández joined thousands of Bolivians in protests that toppled the socialist government of Evo Morales. His joy quickly gave way to disillusion. After Mr Morales, who had been seeking a fourth term, resigned on November 10th and fled to Mexico, Jeanine Áñez,…
Month: October 2020
Sobrevivencia – Survival
Pagina Siete: Two ways to vote October 18 is not just any election. Democracy is at stake in Bolivia, after almost 14 years of an authoritarian government and after a transitional government that lacks the legitimacy provided by the ballot box. The ignorance of the results of the referendum of February 21, 2016, the qualification…
El pacto posible – The possible pact
Ronald MacLean, Cabildeo Digital: If something has emerged from the political debate, it is the identification of the three aspects of the crisis that the next government will confront: health, the economy and corruption. By definition, corruption is the use of public means for private gain. State corruption occurs with greater intensity in authoritarian regimes…
Falta de respeto – Disrespect
Editorial. Pagina Siete: The country deserves an explanation from Arce It is not enough for the candidate of the Movement to Socialism (MAS), Luis Arce Catacora, to say that the report of the Financial Investigations Unit (UIF) is a dirty war and to announce the beginning of a trial against his detractors. Arce was Minister…
Culpables – Culprits
Let’s be clear, who is to blame that we have had the worst government possible? Who raised the coca grower and the masismo to absolute power? So that we had ended up changing our name, our Constitution? So that the MAS continues to have votes, and now they tell us that maybe it will win…
As Bolivia election nears, could ‘Evonomics’ make a comeback?
Daniel Ramos, Reuters: LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian voters, hit hard by political turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic, are looking for some economic certainty ahead of elections on Oct. 18, which opinion polls suggest could boost the country’s socialists and see a return of ‘Evonomics’. The Andean country was one of Latin America’s steadiest economic…
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