Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald (español): Don’t shed any tears for the former leftist populist leaders Evo Morales of Bolivia and Rafael Correa of Ecuador, both of whom were recently prohibited from running for office in their respective countries; they are getting a taste of their own medicine. During their terms in office, the two former…
Tag: authoritarianism
¡Intervencionistas! – Interventionists!
Marcelo Ostria, El Deber: In Latin America there was interference to impose governments. It is still the hallmark of Castroism, which not only intervened politically in the internal affairs of other states, but also organized bloody guerrillas to capture power. It was also a constant in the regime of Hugo Chávez and his successor. The…
The legacy of Evo Morales
By Judah Waxelbaum, The Jerusalem Post: Next month, Bolivians will head to the polls to elect a new government. These elections, postponed twice out of fear for voters’ well-being during a global pandemic, carry historical weight for Bolivia’s future. Bolivia ousted its longest-serving president, Evo Morales, in November 2019. Morales’s career is one of socialist authoritarianism, or a champion…
Legado pésimo – evo – Dreadful legacy
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: A harmful inheritance The Bartolinas have asked the cocalero Morales not to get involved in the electoral campaign, the peasant leader of Oruro Johnny Rocha, (of the MAS), asks that Morales be expelled from the party, the president of deputies, Sergio Choque, says that the cocalero would have to defend himself…
Mujeriego – Womanizer
Rafael Archondo, Pagina Siete: Evo and the women The former president of Bolivia Juan Evo Morales Ayma is until now, officially, the father of two children: Eva Liz and Álvaro. She was born in 1994, he in 1995. The most repeated joke of this father, who turns 61 in October, is that he loves his…
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