Evo Morales resigned! – ¡Renunció Evo Morales!

Carlos Hugo Molina writes in El Deber, the cartoon at the end portrays how evo misuses his condition of political asylee: Evo Morales resigned! On Monday, November 11, 2019 will be remembered as the day of astonishment. The amount of events that occurred after 21 days of citizen mobilization led by the Pro Santa Cruz…

Turmoil in Bolivia: An explainer

Patrick J. McDonnell reports for The Los Angeles Times, photo from the internet: Turmoil in Bolivia: An explainer MEXICO CITY — The Andean nation of Bolivia, home to 11 million, has been engulfed in political turmoil since disputed elections were held last month. Ex-President Evo Morales is now in exile in Mexico. Some questions and answers…

El Alto shares Evo Morales’s indigenous identity, not his socialism

The Economist reports: High and mighty The surprising liberalism of Bolivia’s “Aymara capital” El alto hovers over La Paz, Bolivia’s administrative capital, like the blade of a guillotine. In 1781 Tupac Katari, an indigenous leader, laid siege to Spanish La Paz 500 metres (1,600 feet) below. In the early 2000s protests by alteños forced out of office two…