AP reports for ABC News: Scandal Emerges as Bolivia President Seeks Fourth Term By CARLOS VALDEZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS President Evo Morales had seemed exempt from the scandal that has besmirched much of South America’s left, but an alleged influence-peddling affair involving a woman who bore him a child comes at the most inopportune of moments….
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Bolivia’s scandal about sex, politics and China
Andres Oppenheimer, a great journalist writes about our nightmare… Bolivia’s scandal about sex, politics and China President Evo Morales reportedly fathered a child with a young woman who is the commercial manager of a big Chinese firm CAMC Engineering has received more than $500 million in contracts from the Morales government The news broke days…
Bolivia leader asks probe of ex-girlfriend’s contracts
AP reports for Yahoo news: Bolivia leader asks probe of ex-girlfriend’s contracts LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s President Evo Morales says he’s asking government auditors to investigate contracts given to a Chinese company that employs a former girlfriend. Morales denies any wrongdoing in the more than $400 million worth of state contracts with China…
Bolivia: Lost decade II
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diaro: Lost decade II The country received in the last ten years US $150,000 million, amount exceeding 20 times that received over the previous decade. That was the result that the price of an ounce of gold troy has passed from 337 to 1,147 dollars on average between those two…
Censorship to Amalia Pando – Bolivia’s freedom of expression in peril!
From the editorial ssection of Pagina Siete: Censorship to Amalia Pando The journalist Amalia Pando said she heads the ‘blacklist’ of the Government and that is why any entrepreneur media are encouraged to hire her or rent you a space to make its program. He also denounced that its recently-broadcast programs were eliminated without consent of…
Expert questions economic growth data
El Diario reports: Presidential speech Expert questions economic growth data Darío Monasterio, analyst, questioned the data presented yesterday by President Evo Morales, when he argued that the average economic growth of the country has been 5, in the last decade. The expert, via phone call with El Diario, questioned data exposed by the President in…
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