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El Comercio Newspaper,La Paz, Evo Morales,comicios,
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If Morales wishes to fulfill his campaign promise to combat corruption and authoritarian proclivities endemic to Bolivian politics, as well as fulfill his own destiny, his critics say he must begin by investigating his own administration and by ensuring the authenticity of any new constitution which results. -
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Cochabamba. On 22 January 2006, newly inaugurated President Evo Morales made his exuberant procession through the streets of La Paz to join the throng...
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En Alemania, el "Frank-furter Allgemeine Zeitung" opina que "el presidente boliviano se siente fuerte porque tiene el apoyo de Venezuela" y ha asumido "una acción teatral muy del gusto de Chávez, el maestro de Morales".
Al nacionalizar los yacimientos de hidrocarburos, [Evo Morales] se "radicaliza" y "se mete en la rueda de Hugo Chavez", destaca el diario económico "Les Echos".
La guerra del gas comenzó en Bolivia", titula "Le Temps", mientras "Tribune de Geneve" asegura que "el gas boliviano pone en peligro el sueño de la unidad latinoamericana".
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Evo Morales is a polarizing figure in Latin American politics: a proudly left-leaning indigenous activist who defends the traditional rights of peasants to grow coca and describes the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas as "colonization." While opponents have labelled him a "narco-trade unionist," the charismatic Morales enjoys widespread popular support. As In These Times went to press, he was expected to win the special December 18 Bolivian presidential election. His election would place him in power alongside other Latin American leaders who are critical of America's neoliberal economic agenda: Hugo Chavez of Venezula, Lula de Silva of Brazil and, of course, Fidel Castro in Cuba.
MORALES' UPBRINGING SHAPED his political philosophy. The son of coca farmers, he was raised in the barre...
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When Evo Morales, former coca grower and leader of the coca-growers' union, was elected president of Bolivia in 2005, many observers of Bolivian politics anticipated that Bolivia would rapidly cease cooperation with the United States in the "War on Drugs." Such a change, however, has not been apparent. What explains Bolivia's continued cooperation? I argue here that US-Bolivian trade policy, which enables the US to use trade preferences as a carrot to promote Bolivian drug policy, may best explain this apparently anomalous behavior, suggesting that trade may be an effective tool in promoting non-economic foreign policy goals.
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The Procuduria contra el Terrorismo (anti-terrorism prosecutor's office) of Peru has filed criminal charges against journalist Walter Chavez, an advis...
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LIMA (NTX).- El Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Perú, José García Belaúnde, dijo que el Presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, ha incitado a la viol...
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In an unusual move for a head of state, Bolivian President Evo Morales responded to the opinions of his oldest allies--the indigenous, like him, and t...
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Terminaba 2009, el ano de la mayor contraccion economica mundial en decadas, y Bolivia, el pais mas pobre de Sudamerica y gobernado por un presidente ...