Demetrio Reynolds, El Día: The useful vote versus the hard vote In this stubborn exercise at the polls, there is no great news. It seems that someone has taken us for the horses of the Ferris wheel, so we go round and round without advancing anywhere. Last year at this time we saw the same…
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Nuestro turno – Our turn
Carlos Toranzo, Pagina Siete: The word is owned by citizens In fourteen years of government, the escaped president had in his favor two fundamental capitals that facilitated the administration of the State and of politics. The first, the extraordinary boom in the prices of raw materials; If the “neoliberals” ruled with the price of a…
Bolivia Has Changed Since 2003. Has Carlos Mesa?
Brendan O’Boyle, Americas Quarterly: Seventeen years after becoming president during a severe political crisis, Mesa may now return to the job. In 2003, Bolivia was in crisis. A bloody crackdown on weeks of protests had forced President Gonzalo “Goni” Sánchez de Lozada to flee the country. In his place stepped Vice President Carlos Mesa Gisbert,…
Bolivia’s Interim President Pulls Out of Election
Anatoly Kurmanaev, The New York Times: Less than a year after declaring herself president of her turbulent country, Jeanine Añez abandoned her attempt to win official approval from the voters. MEXICO CITY — Bolivia’s interim president, Jeanine Añez, said Thursday that she was abandoning her election campaign, capping a stormy year in power during which…
Justicia debil – Weak Justice
El Diario: Human Rights Observatory Report Evo Morales weakened the justice system Faced with accusations of manipulation of justice, Minister Yerko Núñez pointed out that the MAS preselected the authorities of the Council of the Magistracy, Agrarian Court, Supreme Court of Justice, Constitutional Court and the State Attorney General. Informe de Observatorio Derechos Humanos Evo…
Presidential debate
Editorial, Pagina Siete: The great presidential debate is organized Five national entities that at the beginning of the year were planning to organize their own presidential debates did something unusual for Bolivia: reach an agreement, abandon their legitimate interests and join forces to hold a single major national event. Thus, representatives of the National Association…
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