Merco Press: Bolivia’s president-elect Luis Arce said on Tuesday that there was “no role” in his government for socialist party leader Evo Morales, who governed for almost 14 years before resigning under pressure last year and fleeing the country. Arce swept to power in a Sunday ballot, with the official count – technically still underway…
¿Y ahora qué? – Now, what?
Editorial, El Diario: Pathetic inheritance for the new government Whichever new government holds the reins of the State in its hands, it will encounter great economic and, therefore, social and political difficulties. The waste of the last fourteen years by the mismanagement of the MAS of Evo Morales-García Linera reaches incredible proportions. Added to that…
Singani = 65 kg (grapes/uvas)
El Dia: They distill 65 kg of grapes for a bottle of singani A group of Bolivian winemakers managed to produce a singani with a concentration of 67 kilos of grapes per bottle and 10 years of rest, which represents a milestone in the country’s wine industry, explained those responsible for the project. Long-standing project….
MÁS de lo mismo – MAS of the same
Bolivia lost‼️ The masismo faces a government without “easy money” … our future looks more like Venezuela…. Bolivia perdió‼️ El masismo enfrenta un gobierno sin “dinero fácil” … nuestro futuro se parece más a Venezuela …
Polls start closing in ‘calm’ Bolivian general election
Valeria Pacheco, Agence-France Press, Yahoo News: Fears that violence could break out proved unfounded as Bolivians voted peacefully on Sunday to elect a new president and Congress. Polling stations started closing at 5:00 (2100 GMT), although some centers remained open for the queues of people already lined up waiting to cast their ballots. Despite a…
Bolivia election: Five things to know about
Rachelle Krygier, BBC News: Bolivians go to the polls on Sunday in a tensely awaited presidential election, held in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The vote is a re-run of a chaotic October 2019 election that led to the resignation and exile of left-wing president Evo Morales. As Bolivia’s first indigenous leader, he had…
