Worldview Stratfor reports: Bolivia: Protests Staged Against Terminating Presidential Term Limits Thousands took to the streets of cities across Bolivia to protest the recent request to rescind the legal limit that prohibits candidates from indefinitely seeking re-election, Reuters reported Oct. 10. Bolivian President Evo Morales‘ Movement to Socialism party — and the rest of the…
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Bolivians Protest en Masse against Evo Morales’s Illegal Attempts to Remain in Power
Karina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Bolivians Protest en Masse against Evo Morales’s Illegal Attempts to Remain in Power On Tuesday, October 10, thousands of Bolivians took to the streets to protest against President Evo Morales’ attempt to get re-elected despite the fact that the constitution does not allow for a fourth consecutive term. The demonstrations that took…
Bolivian democracy in peril, evo needs to finish his term and leave!
Relentlessly the coca grower caudillo advocates to remain in power ad-infinitum, and that is corruption! The following cartoons are from today’s newspapers (10/11/2017): From Pagina Siete: Yesterday we celebrated 35 years of democracy in Bolivia. Thousands of people gathered in main plazas nationwide and repudiated the intention of evo to remain…
This Government has not only showed corruption levels but ineptness as well: keeps maintaining export quotas!
Mauricio Vasquez reports for El Deber: The Government defines at the end of the month whether it allows exports of sugar 20 days after the end of the harvest, Cruceño sugar mills have produced 9.7 million quintals of the product. The figure is 1.2 million quintals greater than that demanded by the domestic market. “We…
This is no joke: Bolivian ruler invokes his “human right” to stay in power
Andres Oppenheimer writes for Miami Herald: This is no joke: Bolivian ruler invokes his ‘human right’ to stay in power While many of us were trying to absorb the news of the Las Vegas massacre and President Trump’s bungled response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, a growing political scandal in South America went almost…
Bolivia’s army in dispute with government over Che Guevara homage
BBC News reports: Bolivia’s army in dispute with government over Che Guevara homage A row has broken out in Bolivia between the government and army veterans over the 50th anniversary of the death of the Cuban revolutionary, Ernesto “Che” Guevara. The Bolivian government is planning a series of commemorations next week in the presence of…
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