Irfan Nooruddin reports for The Washington Post: The last 5 percent of the vote count, which favored Morales substantially, is very different from the trendline for the other 95 percent of the count. On Oct. 20, 2019, Bolivia held a presidential election. To win on the first round, the winner had to secure an outright electoral…
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Wants to debate the one who never agreed to do it – Quiere debatir quien jamás aceptó hacerlo
Editorial from El Diario: Undeniably, the cynicism of the former dictator who ruled the country for almost 14 years is very large, is totally disproportionate to the reality of the country because he has expressed, by electronic message, his desire “to debate with the presidential candidates,” alleging, with supine ignorance and hypocrisy: “let us put…
They were more than 21 days of resistance – Fueron más de 21 días de resistencia
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: They were more than 21 days of resistance The majority of Bolivians say they were 21 days of resistance, of popular consultation, of blockades, of stoppages, of demonstrations, of little ropes; many put on the hero costume for their actions in those three weeks. All that is well, it…
Arrest warrant for Evo Morales Ayma – Orden de aprehensión para Evo
El Diario reports: For sedition and financing of terrorism Seizure order for Evo Morales Ayma The complaints are based on the presentation of an audio, on November 20, in which the voice of the ex-president (asylum in Mexico) is allegedly heard in contact with a MAS leader, coordinating and ordering the encirclement of capital cities…
“Audio is proof against Morales” – “Audio es prueba contra Morales”
El Diario reports: Government Minister “Audio is proof against Morales” Results of the forensic audiology expertise conducted in Colombia indicate “high probability” of identification of the voice of former president Evo Morales who, in a telephone conversation on November 19, 2019 with a cocalero accused of drug trafficking, ordered to prevent the entry of food…
Bolivia Prosecutor Opens Electoral Fraud Case Against Morales
AFP reports for VoA: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – Bolivia’s public prosecutor has opened an investigation into “electoral fraud” against former president Evo Morales and some of his closest allies, the attorney general said on Wednesday. “A new case has been opened against the ex-authorities for electoral fraud,” said Juan Lanchipa. Morales was controversially awarded victory…
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