The Economist reports: Bolivia’s president chafes against term limits Despite water shortages and a slowing economy, his supporters want to keep him in office indefinitely AS 2016 drew to a close, a resignation letter from Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales, lit up social media. It was a hoax, perpetrated on día de los inocentes (“day of…
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Where Bolivia stands vis-à-vis current president?
These two cartoons reflect the delusional egomaniac reaction of this president: to remain in power at all cost! In this cartoon from La Razon [12/22/2016], he is giving a speech he can only hear “accept to nominate for a new presidential mandate” This is from El Diario [01/08/2017] Here the three gifts carried…
Let’s start 2017 by clarifying evo has NO right to go for re-re-re-election!
Sabrina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Bolivia’s Constitutional Court Says Evo Morales Cannot Hold Another Reelection Referendum Bolivia’s courts have ruled out another referendum attempt that could have kept President Evo Morales in office for another term. “You can not raise a new consultation, a new process with the same content on something that has…
Bolivian Coca eradication under the coca growers’ caudillo presidency … WTH?!
An important Sub-Editorial from Pagina Siete: Coca eradication According to Deputy Minister of Social Defense and Controlled Substances, Felipe Cáceres, in 2016 the eradication of illegal crops and surpluses of coca leaves fell by 40.3% compared to last year: 6,576 hectares in 2016 and 11,020 in 2015. The authorities explained that this decrease is due…
Bolivia: Morales Tries to Thwart Democracy, Run Again in 2019
Sabrina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Bolivia: Morales Tries to Thwart Democracy, Run Again in 2019 The Bolivian government is insistent upon running Evo Morales as a candidate again in the next presidential election, despite the rejection of Morales’ reelection bid in a national referendum. Social sectors allied with Morales’ Movement to Socialism (MAS) party…
WTH! Evo Morales seeks to defy Bolivia’s constitution, Latin America’s rightward shift
Martin Arostegui – Special to The Washington Times: Evo Morales seeks to defy Bolivia’s constitution, Latin America’s rightward shift At a time when leftist populism was supposed to be receding in Latin America, Bolivian President Evo Morales is trying to buck the trend by announcing his intention to seek an unprecedented fourth presidential term. Even…
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