Reuters reports, photo from Pagina Siete: BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government rejects that recent events in Bolivia represent a coup and sees Evo Morales’ resignation as opening a path to preserve “democratic order”, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The ministry added that Brazil is ready to collaborate with the interim leadership…
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Bolivia crisis: Clashes follow President Morales’ resignation – THERE WAS NO COUP D’ETAT!
BBC News reports: There have been clashes in Bolivia after the resignation of President Evo Morales following a disputed election. At least 20 people were injured as Morales supporters battled with police in the cities of La Paz and El Alto, local media report. Mr Morales, 60, accused the police of targeting peaceful protesters and…
Bolivia is in danger of slipping into anarchy. It’s Evo Morales’s fault. – THERE WAS NO COUP D’ETAT!
From the Editorial Board of The Washington Post: BOLIVIA WAS wracked by violence and in danger of slipping into anarchy on Monday. While both military leaders and civilian agitators were culpable, there could be little doubt who was ultimately responsible for the chaos: newly resigned president Evo Morales. Mr. Morales, who had grown increasingly autocratic…
Evo Morales Finally Went Too Far – THERE WAS NO COUP D’ETAT!
Yascha Mounk, Contributing writer at The Atlantic, reports: Bolivia’s socialist president claimed authoritarian powers in the name of the popular will. But average citizens were fed up with arbitrary rule. Evo Morales has been attacking Bolivia’s democracy for many years. Since coming to office in 2006, the socialist president has concentrated ever more authority in his…
Bolivia in chaos after Evo Morales quits – THERE WAS NO COUP D’ETAT!
The Economist reports: Gone, but not quietly Bolivia in chaos after Evo Morales quits Violence worsens after he claims to be the victim of a coup EVO MORALES built his political career in the Chapare, a rural coca-growing region in central Bolivia. He became Bolivia’s first president of indigenous origin in 2006 and won re-election…
Evo Morales’ power grab would be a great Netflix series. Call it ‘Emperor of the Andes’
Andres Oppenheimer writes in the Miami Herald. For Spanish, use this link: Dear Netflix content director, Thank you for your recent television series about political corruption and government abuses in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Cuba, some of which I have truly enjoyed. But if you’re looking for new ideas for a series taking place in…
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