Jose Maria Leyes writes in the Miami Herald: COCHABAMBA, Bolivia — In recent years, the world has finally taken measures to counter growing authoritarianism in Latin America. For example, democracies around the world have withdrawn their recognition of the illegitimate regime in Venezuela — where strongman NicolásMaduro has held onto power through electoral fraud and violent repression —…
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Bad politics 101: An illegal, illegitimate, unethical candidacy
Eric Cardenas writes in El Diario: The life of modern societies evolves according to the norms, that is to say to the norms and laws, it is the state of law in which all citizens, without exception, are subject to compliance with the laws, but in the societies subject to regimes of authoritarian and dictatorial…
Bolivian cardinal causes controversy after supporting Morales re-election bid
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: Cardinal Ticona’s first public statement was against evo … after he received approval by Bolivians, he changed his talk and is openly an advocate of evo … of course he lost credibility and respect from most of Bolivian population. He also had accusations that he had a “wife” with whom there was…
Trump administration denounces Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, but remains silent on Bolivia. Huge mistake!
Andres Oppenheimer writes for Miami Herald, for the Spanish version, please click here: When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited a number of Latin American countries last week, he made several speeches denouncing the dictatorships of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba. But, regrettably, he didn’t say a word about Bolivia. It wasn’t an oversight. The Trump…
SUPPORTING DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS IN BOLIVIA AND THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 62
The United States Congress has issued this Resolution that comes very handy for us, who want to protect our democratic freedoms and hold a clean presidential election, this October 2019. [picture from the internet portrays evo’s intend to remain forever in power] The world now knows it is because of evo that we are in…
The MAS suffered a setback, could not bury the 21F
Pagina Siete reports: Analysts: The experts see that the primaries put “in doubt the electoral strength of the MAS” and that they generated “a boomerang effect” against the masismo. Political analysts considered that the results of the primaries are a “setback” for the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), and that that party failed in its attempt…
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