Worldview Stratfor reports: Bolivia: Protests Staged Against Terminating Presidential Term Limits Thousands took to the streets of cities across Bolivia to protest the recent request to rescind the legal limit that prohibits candidates from indefinitely seeking re-election, Reuters reported Oct. 10. Bolivian President Evo Morales‘ Movement to Socialism party — and the rest of the…
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Bolivians Protest en Masse against Evo Morales’s Illegal Attempts to Remain in Power
Karina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Bolivians Protest en Masse against Evo Morales’s Illegal Attempts to Remain in Power On Tuesday, October 10, thousands of Bolivians took to the streets to protest against President Evo Morales’ attempt to get re-elected despite the fact that the constitution does not allow for a fourth consecutive term. The demonstrations that took…
Bolivian democracy in peril, evo needs to finish his term and leave!
Relentlessly the coca grower caudillo advocates to remain in power ad-infinitum, and that is corruption! The following cartoons are from today’s newspapers (10/11/2017): From Pagina Siete: Yesterday we celebrated 35 years of democracy in Bolivia. Thousands of people gathered in main plazas nationwide and repudiated the intention of evo to remain…
This is no joke: Bolivian ruler invokes his “human right” to stay in power
Andres Oppenheimer writes for Miami Herald: This is no joke: Bolivian ruler invokes his ‘human right’ to stay in power While many of us were trying to absorb the news of the Las Vegas massacre and President Trump’s bungled response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, a growing political scandal in South America went almost…
Bolivia’s Leftist Government Moves against Free Speech with “Professional Malpractice” Law
Karina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Bolivia’s Leftist Government Moves against Free Speech with “Professional Malpractice” Law Bolivia has drafted a law that would allow journalists to be tried for “professional malpractice,” which the country’s National Associated Press has subsequently denounced as threatening freedom of expression. President of the Senate José Alberto Gonzales said the change…
Bolivian journalist delivers harassment complaint against former manager of state TV to President Evo Morales
Carolina de Assis reports for the Night Center of Journalism in the Americas: Bolivian journalist delivers harassment complaint against former manager of state TV to President Evo Morales Bolivian journalist Yadira Peláez took matters into her own hands after she apparently felt an investigation into her complaint of sexual harassment was going nowhere. On Sept….
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