I have read very carefully the comments of many comrades, people whom I love and respect greatly, who simplify the situation of the crisis of the left in Bolivia. I know that these criticisms come from honest people, born of genuine concern and solidarity with the Bolivian people. However, a number of common points arise […]
Canela Crespo, a Bolivian member of the Casa Tomada, a left-wing media collective, shares her reasoning for casting a null vote in Bolivia’s 2025 presidential election in which the most popular voting bloc was excluded from the ballot with the proscription of would-be candidate Evo Morales. The post was part of a series of Facebook
In an exclusive interview with Al Mayadeen, the former president of Bolivia’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies, Gabriela Montaño Viaña, shared her view of the country’s political landscape following the presidential elections on August 17. On Sunday, opposition candidates Rodrigo Paz Pereira and former president Jorge ‘Tuto’ Quiroga emerged as the top vote-getters, paving the
As all deadlines are inevitable, the date of the elections in Bolivia arrived. These elections took place twenty years after Evo Morales’ electoral victory, which led the country to become a plurinational state and experience the period of greatest political stability, economic growth, and social justice in the country’s bicentennial history. The main result is
Former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa is making a public appeal for former president Evo Morales to be permitted to enter Bolivia’s presidential race in the context of concerted attempts to bar the popular indigenous leader from running. Opponents of the former president have interpreted a ruling by a Constitutional Court judge to claim that
Part One LISTENING TO THE POOR –September’s enormous march, October’s blockades, and the assassination attempt against Evo Morales met with thousands of Indigenous standing guard “For them –for this kind of government– we are worth nothing. So who are we, then? Do we not eat? Do we not know how to speak?” –A
Intensified persecution The current situation of harassment and persecution of former Bolivian President Evo Morales includes multiple complaints and/or legal cases opened or promoted in recent months, with varying degrees of progress and media harassment, as well as a recent attempt at physical elimination that has not yet been clarified . This situation has intensified
Statement delivered by Celinda Sosa Lunda, Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Plurinational State of Bolivia during the “General Debate of the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations” New York, 25 September 2024
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