Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The chieftain’s loneliness November 2019 gave you a very hard mallet in the head. When you had power it was difficult for you to quit, you got used to it as if it were part of your body; having it, it was no longer necessary for you to bend…
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U.S. official accuses ex-leader Morales of fostering violence in Bolivia
Reuters reports: LA PAZ (Reuters) – Former Bolivian leader Evo Morales is fostering instability and violence from inside Argentina and the United States had warned the South American nation that he would be a “headache,” a senior U.S. official said in an interview published on Sunday by Bolivian media. Mauricio Claver-Carone, a senior adviser to…
Revelan que Evo renunció antes del pedido de las FFAA
Página Siete informa: Los dirigentes de Comunidad Ciudadana (CC) José Antonio Quiroga y Ricardo Paz revelaron que el expresidente Evo Morales renunció horas antes de que el entonces comandante de las FFAA, Williams Kaliman, “sugiriera” esa posibilidad, lo que desbarata la versión de que hubo un golpe de Estado en el país. Los dirigentes de…
So … it was not a coup after all … he fled and now he merely wants to face any trial as former president …
Bolivia Congress Rubber Stamps November Resignation of Evo Morales Reuters reports via The New York Times: LA PAZ — Bolivia’s Congress on Tuesday formally accepted the November resignation of leftist leader Evo Morales and his deputy Álvaro García Linera, rubber stamping the end of his 14-year socialist administration as the South American country heads for…
Erasing Evo: Bolivian bid to remove his image draws backlash
Paola Flores reports for AP: LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A man with a sledgehammer pounded at the bust of his country’s former leader adorning a huge sports stadium that his government had built and named after the then long-reigning president. Ministers from the current government applauded as the head came down. It was a…
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