The Catholic Universe reports: Bolivia’s bishops issued an urgent appeal for protesters to remove roadblocks, which have caused fears of shortages of medical supplies and oxygen in highland regions of the South American country amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The roadblocks — a common form of protest in Bolivia, where mountainous terrain creates choke points for…
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Infants’ lives ‘hang by a thread’ as Bolivia’s political crisis, coronavirus hit hospitals
By Associated Press for Los Angeles Times: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Hooked up to ventilators, 11 prematurely born infants struggled for survival Thursday in the intensive care ward of a Bolivian maternity hospital. The infants’ supply of oxygen was in peril, doctors said, because of nationwide blockades by supporters of the party of former President Evo Morales…
False debate – Falso debate
Renzo Abruzzese, Pagina Siete: Elections: the false debate A purely numerical analysis shows that the dispute around 42 days between elections on September 6, or October 18, is nothing more than a false debate. An evaluation of current trends suggests that for MAS to maintain September 6, 42 days ahead of schedule, it will not…
Deaths – MAS – Muertes
El Diario reports: Population reproaches actions MAS accepts election date, after causing deaths After causing the death of dozens of patients due to the lack of oxygen, medicines and the siege in different towns, the Movement to Socialism (MAS) and the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), accepted that the elections take place on 18 October. In…
Tragedy – Bolivia – Tragedia
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald: Bolivia elections could return it to Venezuela-Cuba-Iran bloc. That would be a tragedy It’s drawing little attention, unfortunately, but there’s a political tragedy unfolding in Latin America that should be ringing alarm bells everywhere. Bolivia’s Oct. 18 presidential elections might result in former President Evo Morales’ populist leftist Movement Toward Socialism…
Morales true face – Rostro de evo
Editorial from El Deber: The true face of Evo Morales From his luxurious mansion in San Isidro, the most exclusive neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Evo Morales orders to block and, if possible, set fire to the country: to burn at once, to have them kill themselves, to attack ambulances, do not let oxygen pass, so…
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