Radina Gigova reports for CNN: (CNN) The US and Brazil aren’t the only countries where political leaders have appeared to contradict the advice of medical experts. In Bolivia, several lawmakers are fighting to recognize a toxic cleaning agent as a Covid-19 therapy, even as health officials warn it could be deadly. In the city of…
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“Mobilizations” anticipated in Bolivia as election date was pushed back to October
MercoPress reports: Bolivia’s general election will be pushed back until October 18 as the coronavirus pandemic grips the South American nation, which is forecasted to fan tensions between the interim conservative government and the socialist party of former President Evo Morales. The head of the electoral tribunal said on Thursday that the vote would be…
Legislative or campaign body? – ¿Legislativo u órgano de campaña?
Editorial from El Diario: Legislative or campaign body? The Plurinational Legislative Assembly performs the role of promoter of the MAS electoral campaign and as its best means of propaganda, using the laws for the same purpose. This position is an attack against the role of political and national balance to which the ALP is primarily…
A wantonness Legislative Assembly – Una Asamblea Legislativa desenfrenada
Marcelo Ostria writes in El Deber: A wantonness Legislative Assembly One of the first measures of the government of President Jeanine Añez was to respect national institutions; among them, the administration of justice and the continuity and extension of the term of the parliamentarians elected in previous elections. This attitude, aimed at the continuity of…
In This Bolivian City, Hard-Hit by the Pandemic, a Fake—and Toxic—Coronavirus Cure Proves Popular
Diego Cartagena and Paola Flores report for Time: (COCHABAMBA, Bolivia) — Long lines form every morning in one of the Bolivian cities hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic as desperate people wait to buy small bottles of chlorine dioxide, a toxic bleaching agent that has been falsely touted as a cure for COVID-19 and a myriad of…
Great scrap metal auction – Gran remate de chatarra
Humbeto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Great scrap metal auction MAS has left very good lessons for the country. A long list of things that should not be done for the world, never again. It has left an impressive amount of useless industrial equipment, bought only by the interest of the kickback, or by other…
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