Edgar Ramos, El Diario: Evo, Alejandro Entrambasaguas and the science of communication 1.- The Evo-Rape case – under police investigation – may be remembered in the future as the “Bolivian Watergate with delayed effect,” in memory of journalists Woodward and Bernstein, whose insightful investigation led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon, in August…
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Delitos – evo – Crimes
El Diario: Representative Luis Felipe Dorado MAS leadership covers up the crimes of Evo Morales The representative for the Democratic Unity (UD), Luis Felipe Dorado, pointed out that the Movement to Socialism (MAS) covers up the crimes of Evo Morales with an complicit silence that his leadership keeps by not revealing which people from the…
Don’t shed a tear for the ex-populist leaders of Ecuador and Bolivia
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald (español): Don’t shed any tears for the former leftist populist leaders Evo Morales of Bolivia and Rafael Correa of Ecuador, both of whom were recently prohibited from running for office in their respective countries; they are getting a taste of their own medicine. During their terms in office, the two former…
Bolivia’s Interim President Pulls Out of Election
Anatoly Kurmanaev, The New York Times: Less than a year after declaring herself president of her turbulent country, Jeanine Añez abandoned her attempt to win official approval from the voters. MEXICO CITY — Bolivia’s interim president, Jeanine Añez, said Thursday that she was abandoning her election campaign, capping a stormy year in power during which…
¡Intervencionistas! – Interventionists!
Marcelo Ostria, El Deber: In Latin America there was interference to impose governments. It is still the hallmark of Castroism, which not only intervened politically in the internal affairs of other states, but also organized bloody guerrillas to capture power. It was also a constant in the regime of Hugo Chávez and his successor. The…
Bolivia’s political limbo
Jan Souverein, International Politics and Society Journal: En el período previo a las elecciones de octubre, Bolivia está más polarizada que nunca. No está claro si eso cambiará después In the run-up to the elections in October, Bolivia is more polarised than ever. It’s not clear whether that will change after “Animales” y “hordas” versus…
