Caroline Stauffer, Daniel Ramos report for Reuters: In Bolivia’s bellwether city, anger at Morales grows EL ALTO, Bolivia (Reuters) – In El Alto, a former shantytown high in the Andes that has mushroomed into Bolivia’s second-largest city, students and professors are growing disenchanted with Evo Morales, the leftist president their protests helped put in power…
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Reactivation of marches against Evo Morales re-election
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: People must continue protests, so the world can see the autocrat’s disdain to the Constitution he himself forced to us … the coca grower caudillo can no longer toy with our democracy! El Diario reports: Reactivation of marches against Evo Morales re-election Multitudinous marches in the cities of La Paz and Santa…
Forever evo?
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: The following is a good article, captures most of what has happened so far. I would only add that a huge number of former masistas, known as “thinkers” have left the masismo and now are fierce critics of this government. We should also remember the “other” leftists that did not make the…
Bolivian Indigenous group teams up against re-nomination of egocentric evo
El Diario reports: Indigenous group teams up against re-nomination Original indigenous organizations opposed to the Movement to Socialism (MAS) met in the north of Potosí, and issued a pronouncement by which they commit to work together in defense of democracy and against Evo Morales to run again for the presidency, reported radio Pío XII of…
Another failure of evo’s gov: Ortiz requests inspection with the media at the urea plant
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: News like this, reaffirm my belief that we have the worst ochlocracy ever thought possible running our country. This plant’s location is absurd, so far away from our best market, it should have been placed in Puerto Villarroel, so that urea and ammonia could have reached the Matto Grosso region in Brazil….
Bolivia fell back on democratic freedoms
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: Again, the only one, the brave Catholic Church who protected many of the masistas and other “leftist” in previous years, has to step up front and denounce the delusional egomaniac who has seized power, and does not want to let it go … The world must understand our peril! Others remain quiet…
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