Editorial from Pagina Siete: Propaganda in the Evo government One of the best-kept secrets by the Evo Morales government has been revealed in the last few hours by the Ministry of Communication: the list of media that received large amounts of advertising/propaganda in that administration. The current Minister of Communication, Isabel Fernández, first made known…
Tag: authoritarianism
De facto legislative – Legislativo de facto
Manfredo Kempff writes in Pagina Siete: De facto legislative Once Mrs. Jeanine Añez legally assumed the Presidency of the Republic, having received command by way of constitutional succession, given the power vacuum after Morales’ flight, what should have happened was putting a padlock on the gate of the Legislative Palace. At the door of the…
The masista fascism – El fascismo masista
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….
The Twin Contagions Facing Latin America
By OTTO REICH & ORLANDO GUTIERREZ for National Review: Central and South America must contend not with just coronavirus, but also with the resurgent temptations of socialism and Communism. Latin America is facing the simultaneous onslaught of two potent viruses: one biological, the other ideological. Many Latin-American nations lack efficient health-care systems and preventive measures to fight the former:…
How Will a Delayed Vote Alter Bolivia’s Presidential Race?
Latin American Advisor reports, as it is highly biased, only. excerpts follow and truth is pointed out inside this type of brackets []: Question: Bolivia’s interim government has postponed the country’s May 3 presidential election amid the coronavirus pandemic. The May vote had been planned as a re-do following the disputed re-election victory and subsequent self-exile…
Bolivia Investigations Target Members of Evo Morales’ MAS Party
Max Radwin reports for InSight Crime: Since Bolivia’s botched elections in October 2019, numerous high-standing politicians and law enforcement officials associated with the Movement to Socialism (Movimiento al Socialismo – MAS) party have fled the country or come under criminal investigation. Here, InSight Crime presents a roundup of prominent MAS figures connected to asylum claims or…
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