Bolivia after the ouster of Evo Morales, a leftist strongman

From The Economist: The interim president seeks an electoral mandate. Will that destabilise the country? “The bolivian people won’t accept seeing those who have the privilege of directing our collective destiny using their power and the resources of state institutions…to change the rules of democracy and benefit themselves.” So wrote Samuel Doria Medina, a businessman and…

Monkey Cage: The bad work – Un mal trabajo

Editorial from Pagina Siete: The bad work of Monkey Cage The idea that the Evo Morales government fell due to a coup d’etat and that there was no fraud in the elections last October 20 is gaining strength internationally. In general, in the struggle of narratives, intellectuals and the media are more inclined towards those…

Secretos del senador Morales

Humberto Vacaflor escribe en El Diario: El país ha perdido, por una decisión del TSE, la oportunidad de contar en el senado de la república con la participación de Evo Morales, quien hubiera podido hacer grandes aportes intelectuales, pero fue inhabilitado por tener dirección desconocida. Durante sus casi catorce años de presidente lanzó algunas pistas,…