A cartoon from Pagina Siete: It is disgusting to see how the coca grower caudillo had wasted over $150 billion dollars during the years of his presidency. Now that the international prices of our commodity exports have fallen, the demagogue populist has no better option than to continue to squeeze those of us who relentlessly…
Tag: Ochlocracy
Sex, lies and paternity claims: Bolivia’s president reels amid tumultuous scandal
Dan Collyns reports for The Guardian: Sex, lies and paternity claims: Bolivia’s president reels amid tumultuous scandal A real-life telenovela of sex, lies and paternity claims has gripped Bolivia, putting unprecedented pressure on one of Latin America’s most consistently popular leaders – and prompting warnings that press freedom in the country is under threat. When…
Why is the Bolivian government turning water cannon on disabled protesters?
Amy Booth reports for The Guardian: Why is the Bolivian government turning water cannon on disabled protesters? It is mid-afternoon on the central La Paz street, Mariscal Santa Cruz, but there is no traffic. Spread across the street are people wearing nothing but nappies. Behind them, three rows of police have built a wall of…
This is Bolivia under the coca grower “president”
These cartoons [06/10/2016] show vividly how Bolivia is badly doing under the worst ochlocracy that governed ever! This one is from El Diario: While John Doe is claiming for help as he is drowning is a sea of blockades, and strikes… the president tells the vp: “just pretend you didn’t see him, little Alvaro…!”…
How important is Bolivia to the USA Government?
There are a number of us who think and feel the opposite of the coca grower caudillo. We have friends, family, education, jobs and fun in the USA and share our lives with our American friends and families. No doubt about that, despite the insane hatred that the masismo expressed for the last 10 years…
It gets harder to do business in Bolivia … WTH?!
I feel frustrated as I see my country loosing opportunities and time to catch up with the world in this century! We have been taken over by demagogue populists that only think about self-perpetuating in power … Only Venezuela and Haiti are ahead of us … nevertheless we fall third in this shameful list. Of…
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