Editorial, El Deber: La Chiquitania on the way to becoming another Chapare The Chiquitania is at risk. The protected area of Bajo Paraguá, which belongs to the municipality of San Ignacio de Velasco, has been crossed by clearings, trails and gaps, one of them 8 kilometers long and 12 meters wide, and in the area…
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¿Qué pasó? – What happened?
Raúl Peñaranda, Página Siete: Reasons for the victory of MAS One of the reasons for the high MAS vote in last Sunday’s elections is that, in addition to support for candidate Luis Arce, there was a “punishment vote” against the transitional government. Hundreds of thousands of people who had supported Evo Morales’s party in the…
Bolivian president-elect: “no role” for the winning party leader Evo Morales currently exiled in Argentina
Merco Press: Bolivia’s president-elect Luis Arce said on Tuesday that there was “no role” in his government for socialist party leader Evo Morales, who governed for almost 14 years before resigning under pressure last year and fleeing the country. Arce swept to power in a Sunday ballot, with the official count – technically still underway…
The legacy of Evo Morales
By Judah Waxelbaum, The Jerusalem Post: Next month, Bolivians will head to the polls to elect a new government. These elections, postponed twice out of fear for voters’ well-being during a global pandemic, carry historical weight for Bolivia’s future. Bolivia ousted its longest-serving president, Evo Morales, in November 2019. Morales’s career is one of socialist authoritarianism, or a champion…
Obituario del cínico – Obituary of the cynic
Humberto Vacaflor, El Deber: Memories of the present The collapse of the MAS and its leader must be calmly analyzed. Very few times in the history of the country has there been such an accelerated collapse that it threatens to create a very large void. Two Masista parliamentarians pronounced very clear sentences in recent days:…
Conspiradores – cocaleros – Conniving
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Two coca-growers’ strategies The pupil of the coca grower Morales, Andrónico Rodríguez, has tried to surprise by saying that, in his opinion, the best candidate for the presidency at this moment is Carlos Mesa. But what it has done is to show that the Argentine advisers that the coca grower has…
