ANF reports via Pagina Siete: Democrats call to vote void or blank in judicial The national meeting of Democrats determined to reject the judicial elections and urged to vote null or blank and announced that it will require the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) the authorization of national political organizations to carry out electoral control. “As…
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Veja links the government of Evo again with drug trafficking
Pagina Siete reports: Veja links the government of Evo again with drug trafficking The magazine points out that there is something more behind the movements of Quintana and Jordan. Once again, the Brazilian magazine Veja linked the government of Evo Morales and his diplomatic movements with international drug trafficking networks, following the capture in Brazil…
evo’s legacy: The burden of corruption
A frustrating but true Editorial from El Deber: The burden of corruption [above pics came out from a search in the internet …] Where the finger is placed, the pus leaps. That impression has the common citizen when he learns of the various scandals that affect state entities and companies under the administration of President…
Bolivia: Morales’s Party Will Launch Reelection Bid against Majority Decision in 2016 Referendum
Karina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Bolivia: Morales’s Party Will Launch Reelection Bid against Majority Decision in 2016 Referendum The Vice President of Bolivia’s Movement to Socialism Party, Gerardo Garcia, said that President Evo Morales will run for reelection, “no matter what” in 2019. That means Morales is willing to bypass the constitution and the will of…
ANALYSIS-Violence, “old boys’ clubs” put women off life in politics but at what cost?
Belinda Goldsmith writes for Reuters, excerpts pertaining Bolivia follow: ANALYSIS-Violence, “old boys’ clubs” put women off life in politics but at what cost? * Women hold less than a quarter of parliamentary seats globally * Wide recognition that women MPs put other issues in spotlight * Quotas have pushed up numbers but still lagging global…
Bolivian democracy under serious peril!
This cartoon from El Diario (10/20/2017) reflects the seriousness of the danger to lose our democracy. Who would have even thought that this peril would come from the coca grower caudillo who became president of Bolivia, eleven years ago. Now, we can argue that all the turmoil that started back in 2003 until he became…
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