¿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…

MÁS de lo mismo – MAS of the same

Bolivia lost‼️ The masismo faces a government without “easy money” … our future looks more like Venezuela…. Bolivia perdió‼️ El masismo enfrenta un gobierno sin “dinero fácil” … nuestro futuro se parece más a Venezuela …

Manipulación Descarada – Shameless Manipulation

Editorial, Página Siete: The joking mood of the censorship of ministers One of the biggest distortions that the Bolivian political system has had in recent months is that the MAS had maintained control over two-thirds of the Legislative. As it was not possible, from the constitutional and democratic point of view, to close the Congress,…

Bolivia’s election is a test for Latin American socialism — and democracy

Monica Machicao and Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Half a century after the execution of leftist firebrand Ernesto “Che” Guevara in the Bolivian jungle, the forces of the political right and left are once again waging ideological war in this impoverished Andean nation. Bolivia is heading toward a bitterly disputed presidential…

Fresh elections, and perhaps a fresh start, for Bolivia

The Economist: Last october, after an election marred by accusations of fraud, Joan Fernández joined thousands of Bolivians in protests that toppled the socialist government of Evo Morales. His joy quickly gave way to disillusion. After Mr Morales, who had been seeking a fourth term, resigned on November 10th and fled to Mexico, Jeanine Áñez,…