U. S. Embassy in Bolivia reports, excerpts pertaining Bolivia follow: Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo to Honor Awardees on March 4, 2020 withSpecial Remarks by First Lady of the United States Melania Trump On Wednesday, March 4, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosted the Annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards at the…
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Bolivia after the ouster of Evo Morales, a leftist strongman
From The Economist: The interim president seeks an electoral mandate. Will that destabilise the country? “The bolivian people won’t accept seeing those who have the privilege of directing our collective destiny using their power and the resources of state institutions…to change the rules of democracy and benefit themselves.” So wrote Samuel Doria Medina, a businessman and…
Arrest warrant for Evo Morales Ayma – Orden de aprehensión para Evo
El Diario reports: For sedition and financing of terrorism Seizure order for Evo Morales Ayma The complaints are based on the presentation of an audio, on November 20, in which the voice of the ex-president (asylum in Mexico) is allegedly heard in contact with a MAS leader, coordinating and ordering the encirclement of capital cities…
Monkey Cage: The bad work – Un mal trabajo
Editorial from Pagina Siete: The bad work of Monkey Cage The idea that the Evo Morales government fell due to a coup d’etat and that there was no fraud in the elections last October 20 is gaining strength internationally. In general, in the struggle of narratives, intellectuals and the media are more inclined towards those…
They urge citizens to cast useful votes – Instan a ciudadanía emitir voto útil
El Diario reports: To avoid MAS return They urge citizens to cast useful votes The political analyst, Carlos Toranzo, warned that the political class that is in the race towards the General Elections “can give us Evo Morales again,” as a product of the excessive dispersion of the vote, and urged the citizens who resisted…
“Audio is proof against Morales” – “Audio es prueba contra Morales”
El Diario reports: Government Minister “Audio is proof against Morales” Results of the forensic audiology expertise conducted in Colombia indicate “high probability” of identification of the voice of former president Evo Morales who, in a telephone conversation on November 19, 2019 with a cocalero accused of drug trafficking, ordered to prevent the entry of food…
