Editorial from El Diario: Coup-based escalation via parliamentary The political struggle in the country is permanent and continuous. However, it has some interruptions due to the presence of imponderables, which does not stop the political movement at all. The latter occurs due to internal aspects such as the need to adopt substantive measures, in the…
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Bolivia to partially lift quarantine restrictions in less-affected areas
Manisha Vepa reports for Foreign Brief: Bolivia will relax stay-at-home rules today in regions of the country that have been less affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to restrictions during the outbreak, Bolivia’s May 3 elections were postponed. A new vote will be held sometime between June and August. Until then, Jeanine Anez has served…
Pernicious prominence – Protagonismo pernicioso
Walter Guevara writes in El Deber: For a handful of prominence Everything indicates that the government is doing its homework, although it will cost a lot of support. It will decide in consultation with local governments who will quarantine at what point for how long and at what location. If the virus weakens and the…
The masista fascism – El fascismo masista
Renzo Abruzzese writes in Pagina Siete: The masista fascism At the cry of “elections now,” a mass mob took some of El Alto arteries, stoned a pair of buses carrying medical personnel, and an uproar of firecrackers interrupted the silence due to preventive social isolation from the epidemic that plagues the country and the planet….
Coronavirus gives Bolivia’s ‘interim’ president chance to extend rule
Gideon Long reports for Financial Times: Jeanine Añez settles in for long haul as pandemic adds to political uncertainty When Evo Morales quit the Bolivian presidency amid electoral fraud allegations and fled to Mexico last November after 14 years in power, it seemed that his replacement Jeanine Añez would be in the job for a…
Inability at the service of MAS – La incapacidad al servicio del MAS
Juan Cristobal Soruco writes in Pagina Siete: Inability at the service of MAS The quarantine plus restricted social life and the debate through social networks are saturating me and, I warn you, I am seeing the cruel reality. Since Thursday, I feel that in the environment, in addition to the coronavirus, the coronaevus is circulating,…
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