By John Manning, International Banker It’s been an eventful last few months for Bolivia, especially since October, when then-President Evo Morales, the country’s leader for more than 13 years, was forced from his position on the back of a disputed election. One of the most economically successful of Latin America’s new crop of leftist leaders who…
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The MAS again? – ¿El MAS otra vez?
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The MAS again? The ideal political system does not exist. Democracy theory advocates a multi-party political system, such that no political organization has more than two-thirds in Parliament. The MAS had it and in almost 14 years it ruled authoritatively, erasing the checks and balances of a healthy democracy….
Bolivia Investigations Target Members of Evo Morales’ MAS Party
Max Radwin reports for InSight Crime: Since Bolivia’s botched elections in October 2019, numerous high-standing politicians and law enforcement officials associated with the Movement to Socialism (Movimiento al Socialismo – MAS) party have fled the country or come under criminal investigation. Here, InSight Crime presents a roundup of prominent MAS figures connected to asylum claims or…
Yes, Bolivia’s 2019 election was problematic. Here’s why.
Irfan Nooruddin reports for The Washington Post: The last 5 percent of the vote count, which favored Morales substantially, is very different from the trendline for the other 95 percent of the count. On Oct. 20, 2019, Bolivia held a presidential election. To win on the first round, the winner had to secure an outright electoral…
MIT clarification confirms electoral fraud in Bolivia – Aclaración del MIT ratifica fraude electoral en Bolivia
El Dia reports: Almagro highlights MIT clarification confirms electoral fraud in Bolivia Chancellery: The report was made by two MIT researchers, commissioned by a private center related to the Chavismo. The Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs reported that, through a letter, the rector of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Rafael Reif, denied that…
Wants to debate the one who never agreed to do it – Quiere debatir quien jamás aceptó hacerlo
Editorial from El Diario: Undeniably, the cynicism of the former dictator who ruled the country for almost 14 years is very large, is totally disproportionate to the reality of the country because he has expressed, by electronic message, his desire “to debate with the presidential candidates,” alleging, with supine ignorance and hypocrisy: “let us put…
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