AFP, Yahoo News: Bolivia’s government announced on Friday it has contacted the International Criminal Court to denounce former president Evo Morales for “crimes against humanity” over last month’s mass roadblock movement. The government accused Morales of “terrorism and genocide” over the 12-day campaign that saw hospitals complain they were unable to receive urgent medical supplies…
Tag: democracy in peril
Pacto con el diablo – Pact with the devil
Oscar Aguilar, Los Tiempos: Pact with the devil Thanks Evo, the day before yesterday (8/31/2020) with a loud and clear voice you said that the President of the Entrepreneurs (CEPB) “offered you support before being overthrown.” Some grassroots entrepreneurs were sure that our parent entity had lost its entity, others suspected that some 14 years…
Reconstruir – Rebuild
Luis Antezana, El Diario: Evo fell, but evism remained In November 2019, the MAS, headed by Evo Morales, when it had already ruled the country for fourteen years, was not only characterized by having arranged and administered more money than all the governments in the history of Bolivia, but also by other aspects that were…
Incertidumbre – Uncertainty
Editorial, El Deber: The uncertain future of Bolivians Five months and six days have passed since the quarantine was ordered, since the economy stopped and since life changed for Bolivians. Since then there have been many bad news that we have had to face, all related to poverty, lack of employment, poor health, with nuances…
Moral degradation – evo – Degradación moral
Carlos Toranzo, Pagina Siete: Moral degradation was his policy What happened in October and November 2019 was not only a crisis of excess patronage and state prebendalism, it not only implied the defense of the vote and democracy against authoritarianism that was on the way to a dictatorship; what Bolivia experienced was deeper than that,…
Daño – economic – Damage
Editorial, El Diario: Blockers caused serious economic damage to the country How much regret and indignation the strikes and blockades carried out by the COB and the masismo have caused in the community; but, to a great extent, the blockers have seriously damaged the national economy and placed the people in greater poverty than they…
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