Irfan Nooruddin reports for The Washington Post: The last 5 percent of the vote count, which favored Morales substantially, is very different from the trendline for the other 95 percent of the count. On Oct. 20, 2019, Bolivia held a presidential election. To win on the first round, the winner had to secure an outright electoral…
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Bolivia sends UNHCR note on Evo Morales’ activity in Argentina
Buenos Aires Times reports: Bolivia will send a note from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees discussing refugees acting against their country of origin to Argentina, in regards to the actions of ex-president Evo Morales. EX-PRESIDENT EVO MORALES HAS BEEN A REFUGEE IN ARGENTINA SINCE DECEMBER 12, WHERE HE OFTEN GIVES STATEMENTS AND ATTENDS…
MIT clarification confirms electoral fraud in Bolivia – Aclaración del MIT ratifica fraude electoral en Bolivia
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…
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…
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…
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