Jimena Costa, Pagina Siete: Internal petty war Many times, before the 2019 campaign, and certainly long before the pandemic, I heard people say that the worst thing that could happen to the opposition was to be a government. Economic crisis, fiscal deficit, tremendous external debt, accelerated decline in International Reserves, state-owned and rentier society, minimal…
Tag: authoritarianism
Antidemocrático – Antidemocratic
Andres Gomez, Pagina Siete: Canceling the 2/3 is to segregate 45% of the country If the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) wants to leave its undemocratic past (2009-2019) and return to being a democratic party and of concertation (2020), why did it annul two thirds of the regulations of Deputies and Senators? You are likely to…
Retoma – Resumption
Editorial, Pagina Siete: Violations in the resumption of power The MAS won the elections with 55% of the votes and would have no need to regain power in a hostile and violent manner. Memorandums would have been enough to remove the officials who worked in the government of Jeanine Añez. In spite of it, ‘politically’-driven-job-pushing…
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…
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