Bolivia’s election is a test for Latin American socialism — and democracy

Monica Machicao and Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Half a century after the execution of leftist firebrand Ernesto “Che” Guevara in the Bolivian jungle, the forces of the political right and left are once again waging ideological war in this impoverished Andean nation. Bolivia is heading toward a bitterly disputed presidential…

Demagogia cínica – Cynical demagogy

Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Oil collectors It will be difficult to forget that, in this electoral campaign, candidate Luis Arce Catacora announced that, from the government, he would collect the used edible oil from the families to recycle it and thus, in five years, prevent Bolivia from importing diesel. Some state-owned company of instantaneous creation…

mintió – evo – lied

Editorial, El Diario: Evo did not make any structural changes Luis Arce Catacora, MAS presidential candidate and former Minister of Economy of former President Evo Morales, protected by his ignorance of political economy, declared, in an abstract way, that during his time in power, the MAS made “structural changes” in reality of the country, but…

Estado fallido – Failed state

Oscar Espinosa, El Diario: Failed plurinational state The Plurinational State of Bolivia was instituted to create a state for President Evo Morales to rule as monarch. The MAS government during the almost 14 years of government dominated the three powers of the state: Executive, Legislative and Judicial and the Electoral Tribunal. In this way, he…

Moral: Ausente – Absent

Renzo Abruzzese, Pagina Siete: The moral reconstruction of the nation The certainty that Morales was not willing to leave power and his perks was born (for years) not only from the monarchical sense that he had developed, but also from the conviction that he was predestined to run a country to his own liking. In…

Ni olvido, ni perdón – Neither forget nor forgiveness

Editorial, El Diario: How much damage was done and pretends to be forgotten When Mr. Morales was the winner of the December 2005 elections and assumed the Presidency of the Republic, there was a good deal of satisfaction in the country because it was assumed that there would be important changes for the benefit of…