Steve Moseley writes for York News Times: ‘Little Annie’ is in trouble in Bolivia Henderson’s Jenice Epp will trade her home for sugery YORK – ‘Little Annie’ is in desperate need of surgery and Jenice Epp will make it happen … one way or the other. The story begins in Bolivia, the country in which…
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Former President of Bolivia Accuses Evo Morales of Attempting to Set Up Dictatorship
Karina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Former President of Bolivia Accuses Evo Morales of Attempting to Set Up Dictatorship Former President of Bolivia Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga denounced President Evo Morales in front of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) — a part of the Organization of American States — for trying to “install a dictatorship” in…
Church affirms that lynchings ‘are not worthy of a people like Bolivia’
ANF reports via El Dia: Church affirms that lynchings ‘are not worthy of a people like Bolivia’ Fernando Cuéllar, president of the Committee for Santa Cruz, expressed his indignation and total rejection for the ‘criminal, vandalic and inhuman’ act ‘that pretends to do justice by own hand’. Monsignor Sergio Gualberti affirmed yesterday that the lynchings…
The new image of evo’s “egocentric regime” in Europe
Editorial from Pagina Siete: The new image of Evo in Europe The report by the European Parliament’s subcommittee on the European Parliament was devastating for the government of President Evo Morales. European parliamentarians did not discover any novelties for Bolivian eyes, although their findings certainly contributed to the collapse of the romantic image that a…
Let’s not forget how a true populist demagogue behaved with the Bolivian disabled!
Jonathan Watts reports for The Guardian; along with a very harsh video … Bolivia’s caravan of courage leaves a bittersweet legacy for disabled protesters When disabled protesters traversed the Andes to lobby for improved benefits, they were met with a police blockade. The Fight, a Guardian documentary, chronicles a battle that led to brutal violence…
Bolivia: No Easy Way Forward, With or Without Morales
Americas Quarterly reports: Bolivia: No Easy Way Forward, With or Without Morales BY OLIVER STUENKEL Even as Bolivia’s president flirts with authoritarianism, the opposition is failing to offer a real alternative. Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has long been seen as a benign (and, ultimately, successful) version of Latin American left-wing leadership. Questionable international partnerships and…
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