On Sunday, Jan. 12, during a meeting for the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Argentina, ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales suggested forming armed militias in defense of the people. This, amid rampant state violence under Bolivia’s fascist government, which forcibly took power in November 2019. Indigenous people, especially women and members of MAS, are still …
Spending time with the union members of Chapare, who run society in a collective fashion, offers special insights into the resistance to the coup. They succeeded in expelling the police, but now fear a bloodbath in retaliation. By Ollie Vargas Cochabamba, Bolivia — Known as Bolivia’s Chapare region, the Tropico of Cochabamba is a sanctuary …
Clashes erupted between supporters of former Bolivian President Evo Morales and the security forces in La Paz, Bolivia on November 15, 2019 [Reuters/Henry Romero] The violent ways of the opposition which took power from Evo Morales threaten the future of Bolivia’s democracy. By Guillaume Long The results of Bolivia’s October 20 elections were hardly a …
Photo credit: Spotlight Nepal By BO Staff Writer The Bolivian President and his Vice President have resigned to end the U.S. backed protests in the country. Jeanine Añez, the opposition lawmaker and second deputy senate majority leader, will reportedly serve as the country’s Interim President. She announced that she will be calling for new elections …
Photo credit: teleSUR By BO Staff Writer On Saturday Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, remonstrated the non acknowledgement of the victory of Bolivian President, Evo Morales, whose legacy of the country’s economic transformation is unprecedented. Fernández‘s denouncement follows the calls by the opposition of a second electoral round in Bolivia by the Organization of American States’ …
Photo credit: GETTY By BO Staff Writer Evo Morales, representing the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, has won 47.07 % of the vote with 99.99 % of the votes counted thus far in the presidential elections. This has thrust him 10 % above his nearest rival, Carlos Mesa, who obtained 36.51 % of the …
Photo credit: Reuters By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website: Black First Land First (BLF) congratulates Evo Morales, on winning the Bolivian presidential election with a 10-point lead of 46.86 % against the 36.73 % of the votes obtained by the U.S. sponsored opposition leader …
Photo credit: telesurtv By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website: Black First Land First (BLF) calls on Bolivia’s 6.9 million voters to take to the polls on Sunday, 20 October and vote for a government by the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party led by Evo …
By BO Staff Writer Huawei, the Chinese tech giant, will provide technical support to ENTEL to make the 5G technology available in Bolivia’s three biggest cities. The Evo Morales’ government nationalized ENTEL in 2008. An announcement that that the Huawei will work with ENTEL was made at a press conference held by Bolivia’s Minister for …
By BO Staff Writer United States sponsored anti-government protests, similar to the Save SA and opposition party protests in South Africa, have flared up in Venezuela with the aim of removing the democratically elected president, Nicolas Maduro. Bolivia’s Evo Morales said the anti-government protests were orchestrated by the US to “overthrow Venezuela to steal oil.” …
