Tag: authoritarianism
Bolivia opens probe into 600 former Morales officials
AFP reports via France24: Bolivia’s interim government said Wednesday it would launch a corruption probe into nearly 600 officials of the former government, including ex-president Evo Morales “It has been decided to initiate investigations against 592 former officials,” Mathias Kutsch, the justice ministry’s chief anti-corruption investigator, told a press conference. The probe will include Morales,…
The raped nation – La nación violada
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber, photo from the internet: The raped nation All and sundry have done with Bolivia what they wanted. Evo Morales and his ministers were the worst for having defrauded the country with lying promises and having looted our coffers as they pleased, without the slightest consideration or penalty. But, in…
US warns Argentina that IMF deal is threatened by ties with leftist allies
Senior Trump administration official tells Bloomberg that sheltering Evo Morales and engaging with Nicolás Maduro crosses a red line – and it could cost Argentina investment in the Vaca Muerta shale fields. The United States is warning President Alberto Fernández that his early foreign policy moves may jeopardise both support from the International Monetary Fund and…
Of little ropes, little soccer fields and the vision of the fallen – De pititas, canchitas y la visión de los caídos
Alberto Bonadona writes in Pagina Siete, photo from the internet: Of little ropes, little soccer fields and the vision of the fallen Behind the simple little ropes were crowds. Crowds that, first, protected their vote that wanted to be whisked away. Second, crowds of citizens who went out peacefully to protest against a government that…
¡Bolivia se respeta! – Bolivia must be respected!
Bolivia sufre el embate de los trogloditas que aún apoyan al cocalero. sin embargo, enfurece en extremo ver la desfachatez de unos miserables españoles, mexicanos y argentinos que siguiendo las órdenes de los cubanos y venezolanos, protegen sus intereses financieros y políticos. Bolivia suffers the onslaught of troglodytes who still support the coca grower. However,…
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