La Paz (AFP) Authorities in Bolivia on Friday detained a former minister in the government of exiled ex-president Evo Morales. Cesar Cocarico, the ex-minister of rural development and lands, was arrested for breaching his duties and influence peddling while in office, police Colonel Ivan Rojas told reporters. It comes a day after Bolivia’s supreme electoral…
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Bolivia Prosecutor Opens Electoral Fraud Case Against Morales
AFP reports for VoA: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – Bolivia’s public prosecutor has opened an investigation into “electoral fraud” against former president Evo Morales and some of his closest allies, the attorney general said on Wednesday. “A new case has been opened against the ex-authorities for electoral fraud,” said Juan Lanchipa. Morales was controversially awarded victory…
Bolivia Is Still Stuck on Evo Morales
Brendan O’Boyle reports for Americas Quarterly: Fear, vendettas, and intrigue risk driving Bolivia’s presidential race more than the country’s everyday problems. Following Bolivia’s worst political crisis in more than a decade, many observers hoped that the upcoming May 3 elections would allow the country to turn the page. But former president Evo Morales continues to loom…
evo’s legacy: had 52 now 12 international air routes – Legado de evo: de 52 a 12 rutas aéreas internacionales
La Prensa reports: Bolivia lost 12 international air routes [sic] In the 14 years of the Evo Morales government, Bolivia went from having 52 international routes to just 12, he told the digital newspaper Urgente.bo, the Minister of Public Works, Services and Social Housing, Iván Arias. “Instead of competing and expanding in the sector market,…
La infinita estupidez de las fuerzas opositoras al MAS
Rolando Tellería escribe en Página Siete: Las fuerzas opositoras al Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) que hoy reflotan gracias al movimiento ciudadano, que con una tenaz e intensa lucha en las calles logró derrotar al caudillo, nunca pudieron, desde 2005, enfrentar a Evo Morales en las urnas. Es más, son coautores de ese abominable engendro. Con…
When Did Bolivia Become A Democracy?
Benjamin Elisha Sawe reports for World Atlas: Bolivia became a full democracy in 1982 after a military dictatorship that lasted from 1964 – 1982 Bolivia is the fourth largest country in South America and the 28th in the world. It is a land-locked country, and its small population comprises of indigenous communities such as the Amerindian,…
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