AFP for France 24: La Paz (AFP) A judge in Bolivia on Monday ruled that former president Evo Morales is not eligible to run for a senate seat in October’s elections, the government announced. Justice Minister Alvaro Coimbra wrote on Twitter, “Urgent Evo Morales Disqualified,” after Judge Alfredo Jaimes Terrazas confirmed the former president was…
Rosmery Mamani
Drawing the Dispossessed: Bolivian Artist Rosmery Mamani Ventura A young boy sleeping on the street, an old woman begging for money-these are the people who draw Bolivian artist Rosmery Mamani Ventura’s eye. At just 27 she is a rising star whose intense connection with people living on the margins of society leads to extraordinarily rich…
evo/MAS – RIP
Fátima López, Página Siete: Epitaphs and premonitions Essays of epitaphs and apocalyptic announcements were the keynote of the messages of unity and disarmament that the MAS proposed to Bolivians, it did so head-on, as if it were about planting daisies on the road. Clad in a blue guayabera, under the blazing Pando sun, JRQ seemed…
Bolivia claims data sovereignty with Pacific fiber exit
Bnamericas: A longstanding dream of landlocked Bolivia – a direct connection to international telecom networks on the Pacific coast – became a reality with the inauguration on Thursday of its own fiber optic network via Peru. The US$66mn network is led by state-run telco Entel. The country has until now relied on leasing international connectivity from wholesale data…
¡Justicia corrupta! – Corrupt justice!
Los Tiempos: Judges favored the MAS in at least 8 cases; they warn of interference Several judges issued rulings favorable to the MAS in at least eight controversial cases, the Government and activists denounced, for which they assure that there are operators from the party of Evo Morales in the Judicial Branch who advocate for…
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