Andres Oppenheimer writes about Bolivia [bold] in the Miami Herald: The Oppenheimer Report: Latin America’s new era Highlights Opposition win in Bolivia’s Feb. 21 referendum was a new sign of the demise of leftist populism in the region Populist leaders have lost elections in Argentina, Venezuela, and Bolivia, and are in trouble in Ecuador and…
The charm of streetcars in La Paz … trams should be back!
Isabel Velasco writes and remembers beautifully in El Diario. Tram pictures were dowloaded from the internet: The charm of streetcars in La Paz To protect us from the evil of the “micro”, “minibus” and “radio taxis” that suffer the paceños, we evoke nostalgically to the friendly and cheerful trams, silent witnesses of a thousand and…
Bolivian History 101 – 137 years of unjust confinement
El Diario reports: February 14: an ominous date for Bolivia 137 years of unjust confinement • Bolivians remember, wihth eagereness to vindication, that on a February 14, 1879 Chilean troops invaded our coastlines and we were held landlocked eversince. • More than a century of unfulfilled promises deepen the desire for justice. Today [02/14/2016] it…
Bolivia president blames ‘conspiracy’ for loss – but weary voters may be to blame
Jonathan Watts writes for The Guardian: Bolivia president blames ‘conspiracy’ for loss – but weary voters may be to blame Rather than a broad ideological shift or dirty tactics by the opposition, Evo Morales’s defeat probably has more to do with scandals and rising expectations. Another election, another loss for a leftwing government in Latin…
The exodus of Bolivian taxpayers or their relentless annihilation?!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Exodus of taxpayers Much more important than the re-re-re-election of a leader born in Orinoca, but emerged from the illegal coca of the Chapare, is the mass exodus of Bolivian companies into the informal sector. It is that this has to do with the existence of the Bolivian state….
Bolivians Smack Down Evo Morales
David Bahr writes for The Weekly Standard: Bolivians Smack Down Evo Morales A rebuke to La Paz’s version of Hugo Chavez. Bolivians voted Sunday on an amendment that would allow sitting president Evo Morales to run for a fourth term in 2019. Morales, who took office in 2006, officially ends his term in 2020. As…
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