Election Fraud Aided Former Bolivian President, International Panel Concludes

Anatoly Kurmanaev reports for The New York Times: Charges of voting fraud that led to protests and the exile of President Evo Morales have been confirmed in a final report by the Organization of American States. An independent international audit of Bolivia’s disputed election concluded that former President Evo Morales’s officials resorted to lies, manipulation and forgery to…

How Bolivia’s Mighty Morales Has Fallen

Raul Peñaranda writes for NPR News: Raúl Peñaranda is a Bolivian journalist, former Nieman journalism fellow at Harvard University and author of a book on former President Evo Morales’ efforts to control the media in Bolivia. Peñaranda is the editor of the news site Brújula Digital. He was the most important Bolivian leader of the…

Mexican cartels in Bolivia – Los cárteles mexicanos en Bolivia

Editorial from Los Tiempos, photos from the internet: Mexican cartels in Bolivia Among the many problems that afflict our country, there is one that looms as one of the most fearsome threat to the future. These are the activities related to drug trafficking, and their multiple sequels. The data that account for the magnitude of…

Bolivia’s farmers criticize Morales, fight centralization

AFP reports fro France 24: Montero (Bolivia) (AFP) Bolivian dairy farmer Jose Roca’s blue eyes glow with anger when he talks about indigenous ex-president Evo Morales and his supporters. “They call us racists, separatists, all the bad adjectives are for us,” he says. With his 500 cows and 250 acres of land, Roca is a…

Mexican ex-president calls Evo Morales “cheeky”

El Diario reports: For asking support for sustenance Mexican ex-president calls Evo Morales “cheeky” The former president of Bolivia, leaving Military Field 1, where he remained since his arrival in Mexico, requested cooperation for his livelihood Mexico.- Former President Vicente Fox described the former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, as a cheeky, after it became…