Erbol reports for El Dia: By wave of corruption and drug trafficking Church watches tentacles in power The expression was from the Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Monsignor Sergio Gualberti. The Catholic Church observes that, in the midst of a growing social disintegration, the octopus and the tentacles of corruption and drug trafficking have spread to…
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Survival Tips for Latin American Leftist Leaders
Mac Margolis writes for Bloomberg Opinion: Running for a constitution-bending fourth term, Bolivia’s Evo Morales is still going strong. Latin America’s left-wingers are in a rut. Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro presides over a collapsing economy behind bayonets. An Ecuadoran court has ordered the arrest of former president Rafael Correa, who is living in Belgium. Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff was impeached for…
Given evo’s disastrous harm to Bolivian Democracy: Manual for candidates
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Memories of the present Manual for candidates In view of the fact that the legitimate candidates, not vetoed by any referendum, are very quiet, surely elaborating their proposals, here are some ideas, which could serve, modestly. • That the country will never again be governed by the representative of…
In Bolivia there is authoritarianism that moves towards dictatorship
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: It felt good to see Mesa and Quiroga telling the world about our predicament. Mesa needs to continue to give such strong message, questioning and denouncing evo’s mishaps and authoritarian-illegitimate-illegal re-nomination. Carlos must speak to the Bolivian voters in harsher terms, without sugar coating, we are fed up with evo’s corrupt and…
Bolivia has become a “tolerable dictatorship”
Andres Oppenheimer writes for the Miami Herald: Trump shouldn’t condone ‘tolerable dictatorships’ until there’s blood on the streets While Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis is drawing well-deserved international attention, there is another phenomenon that should ring alarm bells everywhere: the proliferation of what many in Washington see as “tolerable dictatorships.” That’s the first thing that crossed my…
‘I believe in democracy. That’s why Bolivian strongman Evo Morales put me in prison’
Jose Maria Leyes writes in the Miami Herald: COCHABAMBA, Bolivia — In recent years, the world has finally taken measures to counter growing authoritarianism in Latin America. For example, democracies around the world have withdrawn their recognition of the illegitimate regime in Venezuela — where strongman NicolásMaduro has held onto power through electoral fraud and violent repression —…
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