Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: Time of barbarism Not because an illiterate coca grower has become president of the Republic, others of a similar condition are going to believe they have the same right. At least that one had learned to read in his little school in the country, and that was enough to make him…
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Bolivia’s coronavirus cases surpass 100,000, with authorities predicting September peak
Danny Ramos, Reuters: Bolivia surpassed 100,000 coronavirus cases on Sunday, the country’s Ministry of Health reported, predicting that the virus would reach its peak there in September. Bolivia’s confirmed coronavirus infections reached 100,344, the ministry said, and there have been 4,058 deaths since the virus first emerged in the country in early March. “Cases are climbing steadily,…
Undemocratic – evo/MAS – Antidemocrático
Editorial, Pagina Siete: The MAS, Evo and the mobilizations The country is mired in a pandemic that reaches, especially in the seat of Government and some western cities, its highest peak. And yet, the priority now is the political situation, exacerbated to the maximum because power groups linked to the MAS maintain an incomprehensible roadblock,…
Problems – evo/MAS – Problemas
Raul Peñaranda, Pagina Siete: Evo and MAS’s problems The MAS was in power for so long that it doesn’t realize that it has already lost it. But i8t continues with that reflection, after having ruled for almost 14 years. That is why insists on imposing its whims, for example, that the elections be held on…
Bolivian bishops to protesters: Stop using pandemic for political purposes
The Catholic Universe reports: Bolivia’s bishops issued an urgent appeal for protesters to remove roadblocks, which have caused fears of shortages of medical supplies and oxygen in highland regions of the South American country amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The roadblocks — a common form of protest in Bolivia, where mountainous terrain creates choke points for…
Unhinged – MAS – Desquiciado
Violent masistas who only want to keep their acronym, after their candidate’s mistake of speaking about polls, prohibited in their own electoral law … Masistas violentos que solo quieren mantener su sigla, despuéss del error de su candidato de hablar de encuestas, prohibido en su propia ley electoral … Violent events: vandalism, blockades in pandemic,…
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