The Shepherd of the Hills Gazette: It was only eight months ago that Bolivia concluded a bizarre political conflict that saw President Evo Morales step down from office. Morales was pursuing a fourth presidential term but encountered numerous constitutional roadblocks. Protesters cited irregularities and alleged voter fraud during elections in October 2019 as the principal motive behind…
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Eight turbulent months that we live in a democracy – Ocho meses turbulentos que vivimos en democracia
Editorial from El Deber: Eight turbulent months that we live in a democracy This Sunday, July 12, Bolivia celebrates eight months of an unexpectedly long transition that at the same time marks the eight months of the government of Jeanine Áñez, the senator for Beni until eight months ago, who by simple procedure held a…
Time for renouncement – Tiempo de renunciamiento
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: Time for renouncement The poker of aces to leave MAS without the slightest chance would have been made up of Jeanine Añez, Carlos Mesa, Luis Fernando Camacho and Tuto Quiroga. However, April Fool’s Day is far away, and we know that at the moment putting together just a couple…
evo: the archetype of the bad guy – el arquetipo del mal tipo
Marcelo Miranda writes in El Diario: Evo Morales, the archetype of the bad guy Evo Morales was never what a good person is meant to be, since his beginnings as a member of the cocalero movement in the Chapare he already brought out his intransigence and his clumsy and abusive way of doing politics, that…
Informality and resilience in the pandemic – Informalidad y resiliencia en la pandemia
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: Informality and resilience in the pandemic In Bolivia the development pattern has always been primary exporter and it seems that it will continue to be; all bets on industrialization have failed. The mentality of Bolivians, of the political authorities, of businessmen and of the popular sectors is extractivist, together…
MAS and the ideology of death – El MAS y la ideología de la muerte
Renzo Abruzzese writes in Pagina Siete: MAS and the ideology of death One of the ideological arguments that the regime of Evo Morales and his front-line ideologue, Álvaro García Linera, deployed most strongly settled in his rejection of modernity, that period of human evolution marked by rationality and scientific reason. For them it was a…
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