Oscar Espinosa, El Diario: Failed plurinational state The Plurinational State of Bolivia was instituted to create a state for President Evo Morales to rule as monarch. The MAS government during the almost 14 years of government dominated the three powers of the state: Executive, Legislative and Judicial and the Electoral Tribunal. In this way, he…
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Moral: Ausente – Absent
Renzo Abruzzese, Pagina Siete: The moral reconstruction of the nation The certainty that Morales was not willing to leave power and his perks was born (for years) not only from the monarchical sense that he had developed, but also from the conviction that he was predestined to run a country to his own liking. In…
Ni olvido, ni perdón – Neither forget nor forgiveness
Editorial, El Diario: How much damage was done and pretends to be forgotten When Mr. Morales was the winner of the December 2005 elections and assumed the Presidency of the Republic, there was a good deal of satisfaction in the country because it was assumed that there would be important changes for the benefit of…
Bolivia’s political limbo
Jan Souverein, International Politics and Society Journal: En el período previo a las elecciones de octubre, Bolivia está más polarizada que nunca. No está claro si eso cambiará después In the run-up to the elections in October, Bolivia is more polarised than ever. It’s not clear whether that will change after “Animales” y “hordas” versus…
Extorsión – El Alto – Extortion
Editorial, El Deber: A kidnapped mayor The mayor of El Alto, Soledad Chapetón, was kidnapped by residents of the 14th district of that city, and was held in the Virgen de Urkupiña temple from 4:00 p.m. on Saturday until late at night as a measure of pressure to force her to sign an agreement to…
Sin Justicia – No Justice
Editorial, Página Siete: Justice held by MAS One of the previous government’s strategic ideas to co-opt justice was attributed to the former Minister of Justice Héctor Arce, currently under asylum in the residence of the Mexican Embassy: the popular election of magistrates. The mechanism was very simple and effective: the ruling party encouraged hundreds of…
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