Reuters reports: Bolivia’s Morales loses ground ahead of Feb. 21 referendum: poll Bolivian President Evo Morales has lost ground in his effort at changing the constitution to allow him to run for a third term, according to a poll published on Friday. Bolivians will vote in a Feb. 21 referendum on the change in law…
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Bolivia’s Morales reveals that in 2007 he had a child that died
EFE reports for Latino Fox News: Bolivia’s Morales reveals that in 2007 he had a child that died Bolivian President Evo Morales said Friday that in 2007 he had a child that died shortly after it was born, while denying opposition claims that a company employing the baby’s mother benefited from her past personal connections…
Bolivia: Lost decade II
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diaro: Lost decade II The country received in the last ten years US $150,000 million, amount exceeding 20 times that received over the previous decade. That was the result that the price of an ounce of gold troy has passed from 337 to 1,147 dollars on average between those two…
Censorship to Amalia Pando – Bolivia’s freedom of expression in peril!
From the editorial ssection of Pagina Siete: Censorship to Amalia Pando The journalist Amalia Pando said she heads the ‘blacklist’ of the Government and that is why any entrepreneur media are encouraged to hire her or rent you a space to make its program. He also denounced that its recently-broadcast programs were eliminated without consent of…
Expert questions economic growth data
El Diario reports: Presidential speech Expert questions economic growth data Darío Monasterio, analyst, questioned the data presented yesterday by President Evo Morales, when he argued that the average economic growth of the country has been 5, in the last decade. The expert, via phone call with El Diario, questioned data exposed by the President in…
Evo Morales celebrates 10 years as Bolivia’s ‘indigenous socialist’ president
From The Guardian: Evo Morales celebrates 10 years as Bolivia’s ‘indigenous socialist’ president Jonathan Watts in La Paz, Bolivia In a riot of colour, noise and statistics, Bolivian president Evo Morales marked 10 years of his “indigenous socialist” rule on Friday, one month before a referendum that could extend his period in office until 2025….
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