AFP reports for VoA: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – Bolivia’s public prosecutor has opened an investigation into “electoral fraud” against former president Evo Morales and some of his closest allies, the attorney general said on Wednesday. “A new case has been opened against the ex-authorities for electoral fraud,” said Juan Lanchipa. Morales was controversially awarded victory…
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Dispersion of the vote, danger to democracy – Dispersión del voto, peligro para la democracia
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: Dispersion of the vote, danger to democracy Why did Evo Morales win the 2005 election with 54% of votes? Partly because the party system collapsed, because the parties that formed alliances to create the agreed democracy were prelude to them in the use of the State, because the MIR,…
Bolivia Is Still Stuck on Evo Morales
Brendan O’Boyle reports for Americas Quarterly: Fear, vendettas, and intrigue risk driving Bolivia’s presidential race more than the country’s everyday problems. Following Bolivia’s worst political crisis in more than a decade, many observers hoped that the upcoming May 3 elections would allow the country to turn the page. But former president Evo Morales continues to loom…
Bolivia elections: Time for consistency from Christian candidates
Benedict Mayaki reports for Vatican News: Fr. José Fuentes urges politicians to adopt Christian values as they campaign ahead of Bolivia’s general elections. The General Secretary of the Bolivian Bishop’s Conference, Fr. José Fuentes Cano, has called on the candidates of the Bolivian presidential elections, slated for May 3, 2020, to concentrate more on the…
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