OAS audit of Bolivian election finds evidence of systematic fraud

Evan Dyer reports for CBC News: Report bolsters allegations that Evo Morales tried to steal his country’s election The Organization of American States’ audit into Bolivia’s disputed election leaves little room for doubt that there was a concerted and large-scale effort to subvert the vote and deliver victory to the ruling party, Evo Morales’s Movement…

Bolivia’s farmers criticize Morales, fight centralization

AFP reports fro France 24: Montero (Bolivia) (AFP) Bolivian dairy farmer Jose Roca’s blue eyes glow with anger when he talks about indigenous ex-president Evo Morales and his supporters. “They call us racists, separatists, all the bad adjectives are for us,” he says. With his 500 cows and 250 acres of land, Roca is a…

Sowers of Violence – Sembradores de la violencia

Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete, cartoon at the bottom from El Potosi: Sowers of Violence For years Evo Morales and Álvaro García Linera sowed a hate speech in the country, went to encourage racism to use it in an instrumental way to get to power and stay in it. They used victimization as a…

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…