Renzo Abruzzese writes in Pagina Siete: The masista fascism At the cry of “elections now,” a mass mob took some of El Alto arteries, stoned a pair of buses carrying medical personnel, and an uproar of firecrackers interrupted the silence due to preventive social isolation from the epidemic that plagues the country and the planet….
Arbitration tribunal refuses to suspend Bolivia claim over pandemic
Cosmo Sanderson reports for Latin Lawyer: Covid-19: reporting on a crisis A tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration has refused to extend a deadline for Bolivia to submit its statement of defence in an investment treaty claim, after the state argued that the coronavirus pandemic had made work on the submission “virtually impossible.” In…
Coronavirus gives Bolivia’s ‘interim’ president chance to extend rule
Gideon Long reports for Financial Times: Jeanine Añez settles in for long haul as pandemic adds to political uncertainty When Evo Morales quit the Bolivian presidency amid electoral fraud allegations and fled to Mexico last November after 14 years in power, it seemed that his replacement Jeanine Añez would be in the job for a…
Inability at the service of MAS – La incapacidad al servicio del MAS
Juan Cristobal Soruco writes in Pagina Siete: Inability at the service of MAS The quarantine plus restricted social life and the debate through social networks are saturating me and, I warn you, I am seeing the cruel reality. Since Thursday, I feel that in the environment, in addition to the coronavirus, the coronaevus is circulating,…
Unlimited ambition of MAS – Ambición sin límites del MAS
Editorial from El Deber: Unlimited ambition of MAS The lack of commitment to Bolivians and the ambition for power shown by the assembly members, the militants and the MAS chief, Evo Morales, continues to surprise. The call to elections in three months, ignoring the deadlines that the Supreme Electoral Court clearly gave, and the mobilizations…
6 Die in Plane Crash in Bolivia
VOA reports: A Bolivian air force plane crashed in the Amazonian region shortly after takeoff Saturday afternoon, killing all those on board. The victims on the twin-engine propeller plane included four Spanish nationals and the two-man crew, an air force captain and lieutenant. The Spaniards were en route to catch a flight back to Spain,…
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