Rematch – La revancha

Manfredo Kempff, El Diario: The stupidity of the democratic forces of not having constituted a common front to prevent the return of the MAS to the government last year, has made it possible for the fraudulent and corrupt to regain command in the country, with the desire to take revenge on what they call an…

An authoritarian masismo – Un masismo autoritario

Si quieres arrancarle el corazón a una democracia, vas tras los hechos, eso es lo que hacen los autoritarios modernos. Paso 1: mientes todo el tiempo.Paso 2: Dices que son tus oponentes y los periodistas los que mienten.Paso 3: Todos miran a su alrededor y dicen: “¿Qué es la verdad? No hay verdad”. Entonces la…

Bolivia: Ex-president Anez to serve pre-trial detention

Deutsche Welle: The former Bolivian leader said on Twitter she had to serve four months “to await a trial for a ‘coup’ that never happened.” Former Bolivian President Jeanine Anez said on Sunday she had been given a four-month pre-trial detention after she was arrested on charges linked to the ousting of her predecessor Evo Morales. Morales…

Elogio – Praise

Humberto Vacaflor, El Deber: A praise from The Economist It must be the first time that The Economist magazine has put Bolivia on a very short list of countries it wants to praise, among the best of 2020. In its year-end edition, it first mentions New Zealand, for its exemplary handling of the pandemic: only…

La Corrupción NO prescribe – Corruption DOES NOT prescribe

Radio-Fides, El Dia: On the house arrest of Achacollo The plaintiff of the embezzlement of the former Indigenous fund warns defendants that crimes of corruption do not prescribe Sobre la detención domiciliaria de Achacollo Querellante del desfalco al exfondo Indígena advierte a procesados que delitos de corrupción no prescriben The plaintiff in the case of…