Editorial from El Deber: The MAS conspirator and a serious threat against peace As if nothing had happened in the country on October 20 with the electoral fraud orchestrated since the then government in alliance with the Electoral Tribunal at his service, the party of Evo Morales, and himself, want to overcome their worst quarter…
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Are we a pathetic country? – ¿Somos un país patético?
Vesna Marinkovic writes in El Dia: Are we a pathetic country? I am beginning to fear that we are a pathetic country. In 195 years of history we have not been able to build an institutional framework that makes us a solid and reliable country; we almost survived by magic. Planning is outside our borders….
Elections yes, but not like this – Elecciones sí, pero no así
Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: Elections yes, but not like this When a country goes to an election conditioned by two events like the ones I will detail below, it puts its democracy at risk. Let’s see: COVID: The severity of the Pandemic may not go away or continue at this same level (or…
Four Urgent Questions on Bolivia’s Election
Brendan O’Boyle reports for Americas Quarterly: Uncertainty reigns as the pandemic shakes Bolivian politics. Bolivia has been trying to elect a new president since last October, when the voting ended in protests, violence, President Evo Morales’ resignation and the ascent of an interim government nobody had voted for. Since then, the devastating COVID-19 pandemic has…
A naked nation – Una nación desnuda
Renzo Abruzzese writes in Pagina Siete: A naked nation Bolivians have known for a long time that we inhabited a poor country, but suddenly, in the face of the common pots that flooded the belts of poverty in large cities, the country felt that being a poor country was not a mere expression; it had…
Bolivia: on the razor’s edge – en el filo de la navaja
Ruddy Orellana writes in Los Tiempos: Bolivia, on the razor’s edge Like déjà vu, several publications from different international newspapers come to mind that in 2005, during the social revolts that ended with Carlos Mesa’s resignation from the presidency, echoed a fragmented country, broken in its social and political structure and going through one of…
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