Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The MAS again? The ideal political system does not exist. Democracy theory advocates a multi-party political system, such that no political organization has more than two-thirds in Parliament. The MAS had it and in almost 14 years it ruled authoritatively, erasing the checks and balances of a healthy democracy….
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Yes, Bolivia’s 2019 election was problematic. Here’s why.
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…
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…
Ximena Galarza: 2020 International Women of Courage Award Recipient
U. S. Embassy in Bolivia reports, excerpts pertaining Bolivia follow: Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo to Honor Awardees on March 4, 2020 withSpecial Remarks by First Lady of the United States Melania Trump On Wednesday, March 4, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosted the Annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards at the…
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…
They were more than 21 days of resistance – Fueron más de 21 días de resistencia
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: They were more than 21 days of resistance The majority of Bolivians say they were 21 days of resistance, of popular consultation, of blockades, of stoppages, of demonstrations, of little ropes; many put on the hero costume for their actions in those three weeks. All that is well, it…
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