Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Exodus of taxpayers Much more important than the re-re-re-election of a leader born in Orinoca, but emerged from the illegal coca of the Chapare, is the mass exodus of Bolivian companies into the informal sector. It is that this has to do with the existence of the Bolivian state….
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Evo Morales denies running a narco state. Mounting evidence suggests otherwise.
Mary A. O’Grady writes for The Wall Street Journal: The Bolivia-Jihadist Axis of Cocaine Evo Morales denies running a narco state. Mounting evidence suggests otherwise. By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY A Boko Haram massacre in a northeastern Nigerian village last month captured world-wide attention as it was reported that the terrorists burned children alive. Far less…
Economic boom no longer serves as a flag to MAS
Estefany Claros reports for El Dia: Political analysts view, according to the present Economic boom no longer serves as a flag to MAS Controversy. Erika Brockman believes that the population seemed to be anesthetized and now is becoming critical. Julián Ibarra sees the breakdown of government. The considered “economic bonanza” experienced by the country, no…
Three Terms Is Enough for Morales
An Editorial from The New York Times: EDITORIAL Three Terms Is Enough for Morales Last year, when President Evo Morales became Bolivia’s longest-serving president, he celebrated with a national tour touting the progress the poor, landlocked nation had made since his election in 2005. He had much to celebrate. As the nation’s first indigenous leader,…
A Minnesota-funded college has taken root in rural Bolivia
From StarTribune: A Minnesota-funded college has taken root in rural Bolivia By Jean Hopfensperger In a remote farm community nestled in the Bolivian mountains, a Catholic university has taken root thanks to Minnesota supporters 4,500 miles away. Called the Unidad Academica Campesina, it has offered college degrees to indigenous students in practical fields such as…
The world begins to realize the kind of government Bolivians have…
AP reports for ABC News: Scandal Emerges as Bolivia President Seeks Fourth Term By CARLOS VALDEZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS President Evo Morales had seemed exempt from the scandal that has besmirched much of South America’s left, but an alleged influence-peddling affair involving a woman who bore him a child comes at the most inopportune of moments….
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