El Diario reports: Victims of social conflicts in 12 years According to data from the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights, from 2006 to date, more than a hundred deaths were recorded and no case was clarified The former Ombudsman Rolando Villena assured that justice has not assumed responsibility and because of the abuse of power…
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For a Growing Number of Voters in Bolivia, Their President Is Overstaying His Welcome
Stratfor reports: With President Evo Morales’ once immense support in decline, Bolivia’s next presidential election, in October 2019, risks becoming a flashpoint for political unrest — though Morales likely remains just popular enough to win re-election. In February 2016, Morales asked voters to remove presidential term limits from the constitution. After a bare majority said no, Morales…
Ex-Bolivian president Mesa launches 2019 election bid
AFP reports for France 24: LA PAZ (AFP) – Bolivian ex-president Carlos Mesa on Saturday launched his candidacy for the 2019 election, in which he will face Evo Morales who will be seeking his fourth consecutive term. Analysts believe 65-year-old Mesa, a historian and journalist who previously governed Bolivia between 2003 and 2005, is the only hope…
evo is the only responsible for the debacle at the ICJ, he must step out!
Ricardo Calla, very harsh but true opinion in Pagina Siete, photos from the internet: The time to resign In 2011, the increasingly authoritarian MAS government announced that it had decided to sue Chile before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as part of a new strategy to achieve the sovereign recovery of access to the…
They envision that the ICJ result will be haunting MAS
Rafael Veliz reports for El Deber: POLITICS For some analysts, it will affect the chances of Evo and also De Mesa The militancy of MAS recently proclaimed Evo Morales as its candidate in 2019 The cost of the diplomatic defeat of Bolivia in The Hague will be paid by the structure of the MAS and…
Bolivian ex-presidents reject Morales amnesty offer
Agence France-Presse reports for Rappler: The International Court of Justice in The Hague is due to rule on Monday, October 1, on the case Bolivia brought in 2013 seeking to regain access to the Pacific Ocean OFFER REJECTED. In this file photo, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales gestures while leaving the BRICS-UNASUR Summit at Itamaraty Palace…
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