Gabriela Orozco reports for RFI: Protester walks along with images of members of the Supreme Electoral Court during protest against the empowerment of Evo Morales for a new re-election, on December 31, 2018 in La Paz. Source: Reuters. Bolivia receives the new year in a hasty electoral environment, but also with political uncertainty ahead of…
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Energy, gas, gasoline and water will remain subsidized [evo misleads and lies big time!]
El Diario reports, pertaining photo was captured from the internet: Three economists questioned official policy Vice President Álvaro García Linera said yesterday that the prices of gas, gasoline, water and basic services will not rise, as some opposition politicians and analysts have suggested. In an evaluation of the achievements of the Bolivian economy, he said…
Bolsonaro Invites Socialist Bolivian Leader Evo Morales to Inauguration
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: evo is such a drama queen!!! … you are not going to find another self-centered, egotistic individual like him! evo wants and likes desperately to travel, elsewhere, no matter the outcome or the cost! His delusional and irrational discourse against capitalism can wait … he knows we are facing the worst possible…
Tensions Roil Bolivia as Electoral Court Says Morales Can Run Again
Emily Achtenberg writes for NACLA: The Electoral Court’s recent decision to uphold Evo Morales’s fourth presidential bid has further polarized Bolivia, with the outcome of the electoral contest now far from certain. The TSE Ruling To the surprise of virtually no one, on December 4 Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) agreed to place President Evo…
Bolivia still far from achieving food security [… evo wasted 13 years!]
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: After evo’s 13 years of an absolute control of ALL State powers, we do not have food security. After $160 billion dollars of mismanagement, waste of these extraordinary resources we face this?! Few days ago, newspapers reported that Russia is contemplating to sell grains to Bolivia, which will affect even more our…
The woman breaking Bolivia’s culture of silence on rape
Dan Collyns reports for The Guardian: Raped at the age of 15, Brisa De Angulo has devoted her life to the pursuit of justice for herself and fellow survivors of sexual abuse. In the process, she has survived several attempts on her life and influenced crucial changes to the law Brisa De Angulo was 15…
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