Ian Bremmer reports for Time: Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia, fled to Mexico on Nov. 12, and his country now faces an uncertain future. Morales had little choice. Evidence that he had tried to steal his country’s latest presidential election pushed hundreds of thousands of protesters onto the streets of Bolivia’s largest cities in…
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Joint Declaration on the Situation in Bolivia
From the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States: November 12, 2019 Taking into account the situation in Bolivia and, particularly, the events of November 10th, 2019, the Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, USA, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela resolve to: 1. Reject all acts of…
Quispe admits meetings with US to work on a political project for 2019
ABI reports in hoybolivia.com: Quispe admits meetings with US to work on a political project for 2019 The deputy of the opposition National Unity (UN), Rafael Quispe admitted this Tuesday of holding meetings with the US Embassy to work a political project ahead of the general elections of 2019. In an interview with Radio Fides, he explained that…
TIPNIS in between scape goats and intangibility
These two cartoons pretty much outline what is going on in the lives of the TIPNIS people, after their 66-day-walk ordeal. From El Diario (11/14/11), a government official is pointing the “suspects” to the Attorney General and is saying: “Here Mr. Attorney..! One of these is the one who gave the order for the repression…
Endgame for Evo?
Roberto Laserna has written a very interesting article, published in Project Syndicate, printed in Spanish in Los Tiempos and now here, in its entirety as it is very illustrative on current Bolivian president’s performance: Endgame for Evo? Roberto Laserna LA PAZ – The populist government of Bolivian President Evo Morales seems to be heading for political…
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