The world needs lithium. Can Bolivia’s new president deliver it?

TAKING THE LI OUT OF BOLIVIA Maddie Stone, Grist: Last year, when former Bolivian president Evo Morales was forced to resign, it was unclear whether the socialist leader’s dream of transforming his country into a powerhouse lithium producer would survive. Last month, the world got its answer when Bolivians overwhelmingly voted to elect Luis Arce, the candidate representing the…

Accused of Terrorism and Pedophilia, Socialist Evo Morales Returns to Bolivia

Frances Martel, Breitbart: Socialist ex-President of Bolivia Evo Morales, who resigned last year after the Organization of American States (OAS) found evidence that his Movement Towards Socialist (MAS) party committed fraud in that year’s election, returned to the country on Monday following a year in exile. Following the OAS findings in early November 2019 —…

Protestas durante posesión – Protests during inauguration

El Diario: Two-thirds defense Opposition justifies protests during presidential tenure These protests were applied against the devious measure of the former parliamentarians and not against the assumption of national command by President Arce, for which they ask to take into account the reversal of the aforementioned modifications. Defensa de dos tercios Oposición justifica protestas durante…

Deslucida posesión – Lackluster inauguration

El Diario: Mesa and his parliamentary caucus protested the 2/3 When Luis Arce issued his presidential message, the assembly members of the Citizen Community (CC) withdrew from the Chamber of the Legislative Assembly The former president and leader of the Citizen Community (CC), Carlos Mesa, and 50 members of his caucus protested yesterday during the…