From the Editorial Board of The Washington Post: BOLIVIA WAS wracked by violence and in danger of slipping into anarchy on Monday. While both military leaders and civilian agitators were culpable, there could be little doubt who was ultimately responsible for the chaos: newly resigned president Evo Morales. Mr. Morales, who had grown increasingly autocratic…
Category: Social Unrest
Evo Morales Finally Went Too Far – THERE WAS NO COUP D’ETAT!
Yascha Mounk, Contributing writer at The Atlantic, reports: Bolivia’s socialist president claimed authoritarian powers in the name of the popular will. But average citizens were fed up with arbitrary rule. Evo Morales has been attacking Bolivia’s democracy for many years. Since coming to office in 2006, the socialist president has concentrated ever more authority in his…
Bolivia President Evo Morales resigns amid fierce backlash over disputed election
Thomson Reuters reports for CBC: Report says there were serious irregularities in election that Morales claimed to win Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday he would resign after the military called on him to step down and allies tumbled away amid a fierce backlash over a disputed election that has roiled the South American…
Evo Morales’ power grab would be a great Netflix series. Call it ‘Emperor of the Andes’
Andres Oppenheimer writes in the Miami Herald. For Spanish, use this link: Dear Netflix content director, Thank you for your recent television series about political corruption and government abuses in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Cuba, some of which I have truly enjoyed. But if you’re looking for new ideas for a series taking place in…
God is back – Dios está de regreso
Esta foto muestra el momento en que Marco Pumari, Luis Fernando Camacho y Eduardo León están colocando la Biblia encima de nuestra bandera, dentro de Palacio Quemado‼️ 🙏🏼 Es bueno recordar que evo Morales sacó la Biblia de nuestro Palacio Presidencial, cuando asumió el poder. Este acto emotivo representa la promesa de hacerlo durante los…
Brave miners from Potosí attacked by masista snipers
This photo shows the concern and pain the Civic Committee of Potosi, leader Marco Pumari, has as he reports snippers attacking the second bus caravan going to La Paz city. Yesterday, buses with university students from Potosi and Sucre were attacked with dynamite and rocks, 14 of them were taken hostage, four females forced to…
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