By Fernando Torres, Eju.tv: Paz after revealing MAS “theft” The President said the Government will begin gathering evidence and identifying those responsible to initiate proceedings, based on an administration of zero tolerance for corruption. President Rodrigo Paz acknowledged on Sunday night that, rather than working on transformation, he is in the middle of an “autopsy” of a…
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“Our support is in exchange for nothing” | “Nuestro apoyo es a cambio de nada”
By Paulo Lizárraga, Vision 360: Libre offers its congressional bloc to the president-elect to guarantee governability During a press conference, former president Jorge Quiroga evaluated Bolivia’s current democratic situation, highlighting the existence of “absolute ungovernability.” Former president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga during the press conference. Photo: Video screenshot Former president and presidential candidate Jorge Tuto Quiroga…
MAS maneuver in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly seeks to cover up 20 years of corruption | Maniobra del masismo en la ALP busca tapar corrupción de 20 años
By El Diario: When scheduling the appointment of the Comptroller Following the call for today’s plenary session of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP), aimed at appointing a new head of the Office of the Comptroller General of the State (CGE), lawmakers warned that this is a political maneuver by the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) to…
MAS 101: Why Did MAS Last 20 Years? | ¿Por qué el MAS duró 20 años?
By Renzo Abruzzese, Brujula Digital: The rise of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) and the arrival of Evo Morales to the presidency in 2006 marked a historic rupture for Bolivia. For broad sectors of society, particularly Indigenous ones, this change represented much more than a political alternation: it was seen as the correction of historic injustices and…
Let’s Vote So the Assembly Doesn’t Overthrow the Next Government | Votemos para que la Asamblea no tumbe al próximo gobierno
By Walter Guevara, Eju.tv: Populist power is on the ropes. Its only hope is to bring down the next government. Evo Morales is counting on the harsh economic measures the next president will have to take to cost him the support he won the election with. He wants to make him fall so that new…
The Secret Pact Between Tuto and Samuel | El pacto secreto de Tuto y Samuel
By Ronald MacLean, El Día: In July 1997, Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, the elected vice president alongside Hugo Banzer Suárez, and Samuel Doria Medina, who had run for vice president with Jaime Paz Zamora, traveled to Washington, DC. Their mission: to negotiate the acceptance of the MIR’s incorporation into the new Bolivian government. Tuto brought with…
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