Editorial from El Diario: External and internal conspiracy against Bolivia The large criminal groups that have worldwide influence were seriously affected and wounded in their Achilles heel by the victorious insurrectionary popular uprising that last November brought about the overthrow of the autocrat government of Evo Morales, Álvaro García Linera & Co., related to the…
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Bolivia Investigations Target Members of Evo Morales’ MAS Party
Max Radwin reports for InSight Crime: Since Bolivia’s botched elections in October 2019, numerous high-standing politicians and law enforcement officials associated with the Movement to Socialism (Movimiento al Socialismo – MAS) party have fled the country or come under criminal investigation. Here, InSight Crime presents a roundup of prominent MAS figures connected to asylum claims or…
Yes, Bolivia’s 2019 election was problematic. Here’s why.
Irfan Nooruddin reports for The Washington Post: The last 5 percent of the vote count, which favored Morales substantially, is very different from the trendline for the other 95 percent of the count. On Oct. 20, 2019, Bolivia held a presidential election. To win on the first round, the winner had to secure an outright electoral…
Bolivia sends UNHCR note on Evo Morales’ activity in Argentina
Buenos Aires Times reports: Bolivia will send a note from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees discussing refugees acting against their country of origin to Argentina, in regards to the actions of ex-president Evo Morales. EX-PRESIDENT EVO MORALES HAS BEEN A REFUGEE IN ARGENTINA SINCE DECEMBER 12, WHERE HE OFTEN GIVES STATEMENTS AND ATTENDS…
MIT clarification confirms electoral fraud in Bolivia – Aclaración del MIT ratifica fraude electoral en Bolivia
El Dia reports: Almagro highlights MIT clarification confirms electoral fraud in Bolivia Chancellery: The report was made by two MIT researchers, commissioned by a private center related to the Chavismo. The Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs reported that, through a letter, the rector of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Rafael Reif, denied that…
El Alto and the Nobel Peace Prize – El Alto y el Nobel de la Paz
Robert Brockmann writes in Pagina Siete: El Alto and the Nobel Peace Prize In my university time I helped pay for my studies selling auto parts. My clients were in the Ceja of El Alto and in San Pedro in La Paz. Selling things was never my thing, but I liked doing it in El…
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