Rodolfo Eróstegui writes in Pagina Siete: The tale of the coup and the deceived buyers The story of the famous coup in Bolivia is a subject for external consumption and for those who defend Latin American populist policies for more than 20 years. However, this fiction can bring some consequences precisely in the international field….
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With Morales gone, his image slowly fades in Bolivia
Paola Flores, AP reports for The Washington Post, bottom picture from the internet, displaying how he felt and how he ended … the tyrant is gone, long live Democracy!: LA PAZ, Bolivia — The images of Evo Morales have come to be a part of the Bolivian landscape, even if the former leader himself now…
OAS audit of Bolivian election finds evidence of systematic fraud
Evan Dyer reports for CBC News: Report bolsters allegations that Evo Morales tried to steal his country’s election The Organization of American States’ audit into Bolivia’s disputed election leaves little room for doubt that there was a concerted and large-scale effort to subvert the vote and deliver victory to the ruling party, Evo Morales’s Movement…
Evo Morales: Overwhelming evidence of election fraud in Bolivia, monitors say
Reuters reports for BBC News: An independent international audit of Bolivia’s disputed election in October has detailed “deliberate” and “malicious” efforts to rig the vote in favour of then-President Evo Morales. The Organization of American States (OAS) said the measures included hidden servers and falsified signatures. Mr Morales fled to Mexico after the army urged…
Vader pastor witnessed Bolivia political crisis
By Celene Fitzgerald, The Centralia Chronicle reports for TDN, photos from The Daily Chronicle: Pastor Tracy Durham of the Vader Assembly of God Church got uncomfortably close to the political unrest in Bolivia earlier this fall, experiencing some tense moments at street barricades but ultimately siding with the protesters in their cause against a socialist…
Election Fraud Aided Former Bolivian President, International Panel Concludes
Anatoly Kurmanaev reports for The New York Times: Charges of voting fraud that led to protests and the exile of President Evo Morales have been confirmed in a final report by the Organization of American States. An independent international audit of Bolivia’s disputed election concluded that former President Evo Morales’s officials resorted to lies, manipulation and forgery to…
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