El Dia reports: Almagro highlights MIT clarification confirms electoral fraud in Bolivia Chancellery: The report was made by two MIT researchers, commissioned by a private center related to the Chavismo. The Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs reported that, through a letter, the rector of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Rafael Reif, denied that…
Year: 2020
Wants to debate the one who never agreed to do it – Quiere debatir quien jamás aceptó hacerlo
Editorial from El Diario: Undeniably, the cynicism of the former dictator who ruled the country for almost 14 years is very large, is totally disproportionate to the reality of the country because he has expressed, by electronic message, his desire “to debate with the presidential candidates,” alleging, with supine ignorance and hypocrisy: “let us put…
El Alto and the Nobel Peace Prize – El Alto y el Nobel de la Paz
Robert Brockmann writes in Pagina Siete: El Alto and the Nobel Peace Prize In my university time I helped pay for my studies selling auto parts. My clients were in the Ceja of El Alto and in San Pedro in La Paz. Selling things was never my thing, but I liked doing it in El…
Ximena Galarza: 2020 International Women of Courage Award Recipient
U. S. Embassy in Bolivia reports, excerpts pertaining Bolivia follow: Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo to Honor Awardees on March 4, 2020 withSpecial Remarks by First Lady of the United States Melania Trump On Wednesday, March 4, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosted the Annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards at the…
Bolivia after the ouster of Evo Morales, a leftist strongman
From The Economist: The interim president seeks an electoral mandate. Will that destabilise the country? “The bolivian people won’t accept seeing those who have the privilege of directing our collective destiny using their power and the resources of state institutions…to change the rules of democracy and benefit themselves.” So wrote Samuel Doria Medina, a businessman and…
They were more than 21 days of resistance – Fueron más de 21 días de resistencia
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: They were more than 21 days of resistance The majority of Bolivians say they were 21 days of resistance, of popular consultation, of blockades, of stoppages, of demonstrations, of little ropes; many put on the hero costume for their actions in those three weeks. All that is well, it…
