Gideon Long reports for the Financial Times: Move will probably leave unelected leader Jeanine Añez in power through to end of the year Bolivia has postponed its presidential election for a second time due to coronavirus, which will leave its unelected president Jeanine Añez in power through to the end of the year. The vote…
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Bolivia postpones general election until October
Buenos Aires Times reports: Authorities push back election to October 18. Vote was originally supposed to take place in May, but has since been postponed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic. Bolivia postponed its general elections on Thursday for a second time because of the coronavirus pandemic, putting it off until October 18, officials said….
“Mobilizations” anticipated in Bolivia as election date was pushed back to October
MercoPress reports: Bolivia’s general election will be pushed back until October 18 as the coronavirus pandemic grips the South American nation, which is forecasted to fan tensions between the interim conservative government and the socialist party of former President Evo Morales. The head of the electoral tribunal said on Thursday that the vote would be…
Upheaval or sedition, there is the dilemma – Convulsión o sedición, eh ahí el dilema
Alvaro Riveros writes in El Diario: Upheaval or sedition, there is the dilemma Incurring a slippage like the one that the MAS candidate for the presidency, Luis Arce Catacora, has just starred in, is more than surprising, highly suspicious, given that this political force has framed its actions to promote a social upheaval that ends,…
Legislative or campaign body? – ¿Legislativo u órgano de campaña?
Editorial from El Diario: Legislative or campaign body? The Plurinational Legislative Assembly performs the role of promoter of the MAS electoral campaign and as its best means of propaganda, using the laws for the same purpose. This position is an attack against the role of political and national balance to which the ALP is primarily…
Bolivia police recover 420 dead in possible COVID-19 cases
Reports Associated Press for The Record: LA PAZ, Bolivia – A special police unit collected 420 bodies over the preceding five days in two Bolivian cities, and 80% to 90% of the deceased were thought to have succumbed to COVID-19, authorities said Tuesday. Col. Ivan Rojas, director of the special crime-fighting force, said his officers…
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