Bolivia deal for new elections offers chance of peace

Michael Stott, Latin America editor, reports for Financial Times: Bill annuls results of disputed vote last month in which exiled Evo Morales had claimed victory Jeanine Añez, Bolivian interim president, signs a law bill to hold new elections. The Bolivian Senate approved the day before the fresh parliamentary election, with former president Evo Morales ineligible…

Fulfilling the siege to the cities – Cumpliendo el cerco a las ciudades

Editorial from El Diario, cartoon at the bottom is from El Potosi: Fulfilling the siege to the cities Away from simple rumors and even the general naivety that the marches and blockades were and are spontaneous and sincere in favor of the return of the deposed Evo Morales, concrete facts demonstrate an enormous and timely…

Terrorism (I) – Terrorismo (I)

Juan Jose Toro writes in Pagina Siete: Terrorism (I) What is happening in Bolivia? The Bolivians who are in the country know this, because we live it in our own flesh, but, given the notorious misinformation that exists abroad, especially in Argentina, I will expose some facts: 1. In different parts of the country there…

Evo again? – ¿Evo de nuevo?

Editorial Pagina Siete, cartoon from El Potosi: Evo again? In a television interview on the international network Al Jazeera, Evo Morales announced that he is withdrawing his presidential candidacy and asked to be allowed to finish his term. Morales’s request is impossible because there is an acting transitional President with the endorsement of the Constitutional…