Carlos Toranzo, Pagina Siete: Intimidation and the need for democracy The MAS, Evo Morales, David Choquehuanca, Luis Arce are using intimidation of the voters, they resort to fear so that the voter does not have the freedom to choose. These threats are not democratic, they bring out the authoritarianism and dictatorial tendencies of the MAS….
Tag: democracy in peril
Mesa, Arce Catacora y Camacho
Renzo Abruzzese, Pagina Siete: It is clear to all citizens that these elections are crucial for two reasons: if the MAS wins, we will have an authoritarian government for many years, and if the MAS wins, the first thing it will do is to radicalize its dictatorial nature and wipe out every vestige of opposition….
Extorsión – Extortion
Editorial, El Diario: Contributions of public bureaucracy for the MAS? The multiple complaints about the collection of contributions made by public employees in favor of the Movement for Socialism have caused alarm and even outrage, a behavior that would have been observed during the thirteen years and more in which it was with power in…
Primero – Bolivia – First
Editorial, El Diario: The country is before political interests and conveniences We are a few days away from the electoral process on October 18; the people, as always, hope that partisan politics, and especially the candidates, will show that they can be aware of the country and that their responsibility forces them to maintain serenity…
Vulneraciones – Infringements
El Diario: With the MAS government Longaric: Bolivia endured 14 years of infringements The chancellor exposed before the European Parliament a chain of violations that were committed by the government of Evo Morales during the years he remained in power, before citizen movements achieved his resignation after discovering the electoral fraud in the October elections…
Falta de propuestas – Lack of proposals
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: The announced presidential debate will certainly show that the candidates do not have proposals capable of showing that they are aware of the size of the crisis. The country needs to be reinvented, as if the accident and implausible discovery made by Diego Huallpa in 1545 or the discovery of oil…
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