“A fourth Presidency of Evo Morales would be catastrophic”

Mario Vargas Llosa, El Diario: The Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize for Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa, said in Lima, Peru, that a fourth re-election of President Evo Morales to the Presidency of our country, “would be catastrophic for Bolivia and for neighboring countries such as Peru.” He called to support the candidates who fight against…

Authoritarianism prevents Morales from accepting debate

El Diario reports: According to Carlos Mesa The candidate for president by the Citizen Community (CC) alliance, Carlos Mesa, said that the authoritarian stance of Evo Morales makes him refuse to debate and go to the dirty war, in addition to fake news. “Evo Morales, the debate that you reject, reflects your authoritarian spirit. He…

Fracking in the Bolivian jungle

Stefan Cramer writes in the Ecologist: Bolivian farmers have been resisting gas exploration in the invaluable Tariquía National Reserve – but they need international support. Bolivian president Evo Morales was inaugurated in 2006 as the first indigenous person to be sworn in as a president of a sovereign nation. Since then, he has shown extraordinary…

Mesa Hopes to End Morales’ Long Rule of Bolivia in Fall Election

Jose Enrique Arrioja reports for Bloomberg: (Bloomberg) — Carlos Mesa Gisbert, a former president of Bolivia, says voters should choose him over President Evo Morales in elections this October because he has better policies and because, after 13 years in power, Morales is a near-dictator of the left who could turn the country into another…