A necessary Editorial from El Diario: Indigenous peoples living in the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (Tipnis) are concerned that the construction of the San Ignacio de Moxos-Villa Tunari highway continues, including with the construction of bridges; they add that these works seriously harm them and that 65 populations will be affected not…
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Bolivia Corruption Rank [under evo, the lowest ever, as expected!]
Pagina Siete reports, excerpts follow: … Bolivia obtained a score of 29 out of 100, where zero is very corrupt and 100 is very transparent, the country is ranked 132. … https://www.paginasiete.bo/economia/2019/1/30/bolivia-obtiene-su-peor-calificacion-sobre-percepcion-de-corrupcion-de-ultimos-siete-anos-207500.html Trading Economist reports: Bolivia is the 132 least corrupt nation out of 175 countries, according to the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by…
Morales and García must resign their candidacy
El Diario reports: Opponents Deputy Rafael Quispe burned the Mas flag. After the results of the primary elections where the MAS only had a third of the participation of its militants, several opponents asked Evo Morales and Alvaro Garcia to resign to be candidates for the general elections of October 2019. The senator of Democratic…
The MAS suffered a setback, could not bury the 21F
Pagina Siete reports: Analysts: The experts see that the primaries put “in doubt the electoral strength of the MAS” and that they generated “a boomerang effect” against the masismo. Political analysts considered that the results of the primaries are a “setback” for the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), and that that party failed in its attempt…
A hard cabinet for the prorogation [of autocrat evo]
An excellent Editorial from Pagina Siete: EDITORIAL Evo Morales knows that he will have to face one of the most difficult years of his government. A year in which he intends to ensure his continuity in power, despite the fact that this implies the violation of the Political Constitution of the State. To achieve that…
Government report did not reflect the reality of the country
El Diario reports, picture from the internet: On 13 years of government administration, President Evo Morales in his speech made a comparison of macroeconomic data of previous administrations with his government Opposition politicians criticized the report, describing it as repetitive, lacking reality and without self-criticism. Meanwhile, the medical sector questioned the announcement of investments for…
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