Latin American Advisor reports, as it is highly biased, only. excerpts follow and truth is pointed out inside this type of brackets []: Question: Bolivia’s interim government has postponed the country’s May 3 presidential election amid the coronavirus pandemic. The May vote had been planned as a re-do following the disputed re-election victory and subsequent self-exile…
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Bolivia Election Body Proposes June-To-September Window for Coronavirus-Delayed Vote
By Reuters for The New York Times: LA PAZ — Bolivia’s electoral tribunal said on Thursday it had proposed new dates between June 7 and Sept. 6 to the country’s legislative assembly for holding presidential elections that were delayed by a global coronavirus pandemic. The ballot, initially meant to be held on May 3, is…
Action plan to save Bolivia’s red-fronted macaw awaits its reboot
by Yvette Sierra Praeli on 24 March 2020 | Translated by Alexandra Skinner for Mongabay: Nature reserves involving the participation of indigenous communities have developed tourism projects for bird-watching and succeeded in curbing the capture of the red-fronted macaw, a critically endangered species that is often caught up in the illegal wildlife trade. The Bolivian government has been…
MORALES’S OUSTER LEAVES BOLIVIA’S ECONOMY IN PRECARIOUS POSITION
By John Manning, International Banker It’s been an eventful last few months for Bolivia, especially since October, when then-President Evo Morales, the country’s leader for more than 13 years, was forced from his position on the back of a disputed election. One of the most economically successful of Latin America’s new crop of leftist leaders who…
War: unity, resilience and creativity – Guerra: unidad, resiliencia y creatividad
Gonzalo Chavez writes in Pagina Siete: War: unity, resilience and creativity A major economic crisis is looming. Black clouds loaded with rays of instability are approaching from the external front. The coronavirus stops the national and world economy in its tracks. The forecast: sharp slowdown in the Bolivian economy and even recession. In domestic politics,…
The hidden inheritances – Las herencias ocultas
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: The hidden inheritances Contrary to what happens in some novels or movies, in which the character is surprised because someone left him some inheritance that he did not expect, in Bolivia inheritances left by MAS are being discovered, which are, in reality, time bombs. The joy with which the…
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