The Legislative Assembly that was installed in January 2015 closes its sessions as it developed them over almost six years: attacking democracy. With just a few hours remaining until the end of its legislative term, the MAS decided to take advantage of its two-thirds of the votes to precisely annul the requirement of two-thirds of…
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Lo que empezamos a oír – What we began to hear
Editorial, El Diario: It is unfortunate that once again the population receives a daily dose of capricious assertions from the spokesmen of the party that was electorally imposed on the 18th. It is expressed even before the transmission of command. They begin by justifying themselves when they say that the MAS “ruled for everyone”, although…
Manipulación Descarada – Shameless Manipulation
Editorial, Página Siete: The joking mood of the censorship of ministers One of the biggest distortions that the Bolivian political system has had in recent months is that the MAS had maintained control over two-thirds of the Legislative. As it was not possible, from the constitutional and democratic point of view, to close the Congress,…
Bolivia’s election is a test for Latin American socialism — and democracy
Monica Machicao and Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Half a century after the execution of leftist firebrand Ernesto “Che” Guevara in the Bolivian jungle, the forces of the political right and left are once again waging ideological war in this impoverished Andean nation. Bolivia is heading toward a bitterly disputed presidential…
Fresh elections, and perhaps a fresh start, for Bolivia
The Economist: Last october, after an election marred by accusations of fraud, Joan Fernández joined thousands of Bolivians in protests that toppled the socialist government of Evo Morales. His joy quickly gave way to disillusion. After Mr Morales, who had been seeking a fourth term, resigned on November 10th and fled to Mexico, Jeanine Áñez,…
Sobrevivencia – Survival
Pagina Siete: Two ways to vote October 18 is not just any election. Democracy is at stake in Bolivia, after almost 14 years of an authoritarian government and after a transitional government that lacks the legitimacy provided by the ballot box. The ignorance of the results of the referendum of February 21, 2016, the qualification…
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