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Cierra la Asamblea de los oprobios – Closes, the Assembly of reproaches

The Legislative Assembly that was installed in January 2015 closes its sessions as it developed them over almost six years: attacking democracy. With just a few hours remaining until the end of its legislative term, the MAS decided to take advantage of its two-thirds of the votes to precisely annul the requirement of two-thirds of…

Lo que empezamos a oír – What we began to hear

Editorial, El Diario: It is unfortunate that once again the population receives a daily dose of capricious assertions from the spokesmen of the party that was electorally imposed on the 18th. It is expressed even before the transmission of command. They begin by justifying themselves when they say that the MAS “ruled for everyone”, although…

Manipulación Descarada – Shameless Manipulation

Editorial, Página Siete: The joking mood of the censorship of ministers One of the biggest distortions that the Bolivian political system has had in recent months is that the MAS had maintained control over two-thirds of the Legislative. As it was not possible, from the constitutional and democratic point of view, to close the Congress,…

Bolivia’s election is a test for Latin American socialism — and democracy

Monica Machicao and Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Half a century after the execution of leftist firebrand Ernesto “Che” Guevara in the Bolivian jungle, the forces of the political right and left are once again waging ideological war in this impoverished Andean nation. Bolivia is heading toward a bitterly disputed presidential…