Pagina Siete Editorial Trump’s endorsement of President Añez One of the most important political events in recent days has been the call made by US President Donald Trump to President Jeanine Añez, in which he offered his support and, incidentally, announced that that country will donate 250 respirators as a way helping to contain the…
Year: 2020
Citizen responsibility – Responsabilidad ciudadana
Lupe Cajias wirtes in El Deber: Citizen responsibility I see from my window a candidate for senator from La Paz who walks almost every day in the park, takes photos, does not always wear a chinstrap. What privileges does she have? Doesn’t she have any idea that she should set an example for others to…
De facto legislative – Legislativo de facto
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…
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…
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