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…
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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…
A wantonness Legislative Assembly – Una Asamblea Legislativa desenfrenada
Marcelo Ostria writes in El Deber: A wantonness Legislative Assembly One of the first measures of the government of President Jeanine Añez was to respect national institutions; among them, the administration of justice and the continuity and extension of the term of the parliamentarians elected in previous elections. This attitude, aimed at the continuity of…
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…
The country is not for elections – El país no está para elecciones
Editorial from El Deber: The country is not for elections Every night that the official report is released, Bolivia reaches a new peak of cases of Covid-19 infection and in those conditions if someone believes that on September 6 citizens will go to the polls to elect the new president for the next five years,…
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