By Associated Press for Los Angeles Times: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Hooked up to ventilators, 11 prematurely born infants struggled for survival Thursday in the intensive care ward of a Bolivian maternity hospital. The infants’ supply of oxygen was in peril, doctors said, because of nationwide blockades by supporters of the party of former President Evo Morales…
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Unhinged – MAS – Desquiciado
Violent masistas who only want to keep their acronym, after their candidate’s mistake of speaking about polls, prohibited in their own electoral law … Masistas violentos que solo quieren mantener su sigla, despuéss del error de su candidato de hablar de encuestas, prohibido en su propia ley electoral … Violent events: vandalism, blockades in pandemic,…
Demonstrations Turn Worse In Bolivia As Presidential Elections Continue To Be Delayed
Apeksha Bagchi reports for Latin Times: Even as the number of deaths owing to the coronavirus pandemic surge in Bolivia and hospitals continue suffering acute shortages of medical supplies, the demonstrations in the nations over continuously delayed presidential elections are showing no signs of abating any time soon. Demonstrators have continued to hold marches and…
Evo’s kleptocracy – La cleptocracia de Evo
From Evo’s kleptomania and kleptocracy Throughout the fourteen years, the MAS kleptocracy was visible, led by Evo Morales, García Linera and Cía. The Bolivian people had the opportunity to verify, in fact, that top leaders of that party entity had turned the previous regime into one of large kleptomaniacs, the same one that tried to…
The Bolivia that is not grasped – La Bolivia que no se entiende
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Diario: The Bolivia that is not grasped While Oscar Urenda and Roberto Torres, as well as many other heroic doctors and nurses, fell trying to save suffering victims of the Chinese plague, other characters, although it seems fanciful, called people to take to the streets to demonstrate against the Government….
Bolivia: A pivotal moment for Populism and the pandemic response
Evan Ellis reports for The Global Americans: The landlocked South American nation of Bolivia does not often receive much attention from Washington. But as the region struggles with the health, economic, security, and political impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the possible return of leftist populism in Bolivia–and its implications for the region—has raised alarms. On…
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