Carlos Valdez reports for Star Tribune: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia is struggling to stabilize after weeks of anti-government protests and violence in which at least 30 people have been killed. President Evo Morales resigned on Nov. 10 after an election that the opposition said was rigged. But the interim government that replaced him faces…
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Terrorism (I) – Terrorismo (I)
Juan Jose Toro writes in Pagina Siete: Terrorism (I) What is happening in Bolivia? The Bolivians who are in the country know this, because we live it in our own flesh, but, given the notorious misinformation that exists abroad, especially in Argentina, I will expose some facts: 1. In different parts of the country there…
Evo again? – ¿Evo de nuevo?
Editorial Pagina Siete, cartoon from El Potosi: Evo again? In a television interview on the international network Al Jazeera, Evo Morales announced that he is withdrawing his presidential candidacy and asked to be allowed to finish his term. Morales’s request is impossible because there is an acting transitional President with the endorsement of the Constitutional…
What happened with evo? – Qué pasó con evo?
Andres Gomez writes in Pagina Siete: Why did the majority of the people was pissed off against Evo? Because he treats Bolivians as if they were his coca growers from the Cochabambino tropics. Because he uses the assets of the Bolivians as if they were things from his chaco where he sows coca. Because he…
A “miraculous” missing 17% allowed the MAS to “win”
An Editorial from El Diario, picture from the internet: The abrupt interruption of the calculation in the Supreme Electoral Court on Sunday 20 at 7:40 p.m. and which suspended the counting of the ballots for almost 24 hours – “miraculous” time – allowed “votes to appear” to favor the official candidate of the MAS to…
Bolivia’s Evo Morales faces his toughest re-election battle yet
From The Economist: Morales’ hazard After 13 years of his rule, voters are getting restless “Bolivia is an insurrectionary nation,” declares Norma Berno, a tiny woman with piercing eyes at a “rally for democracy” on October 10th in La Paz, the administrative capital. In the early 2000s she demonstrated in favour of nationalising Bolivia’s large gas…
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