Аннотация: Cocaleros scrape Bolivian civilization off. The note.
Cocaleros scrape Bolivian civilization off. The note.
On March 14, 2021, early in the morning, former Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez was arrested.
Under her leadership - after the flight of Evo Morales (a representative of the MAS movement), who violated the rule of two presidential terms and sought to remain in the post of President of Bolivia endlessly - new elections were held.
A certain amount of international pressure was exerted on President Áñez. She did not ban MAS and did not launch any large-scale political repression.
MAS managed to win new presidential and parliamentary elections held under the government of Jeanine Áñez. Evo Morales, although he did not become president, returned to Bolivia without any consequences for himself.
Finally, the time has come to see what the European traditions of political moderation and tolerance lead to.
The MAS movement, after the coming to power, launched a persecution of those who showed a condescendental attitude to all violations of this movement, of those who organized new elections - elections democratic enough to allow the MAS to come to power again.
'To detain an ex-president according charges of committing a coup is an extraordinary outrage, firstly, because there was no such coup, and secondly, there was no crime for which she was accused (and if there is a possibility that it happened, then, Mrs. Áñez must defend herself at large, and in the same way - all the accused).
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The MAS demonstrates a tremendous call to power, abusing it to the extreme ...
It is curious that, referring to the condemnation of the coup, they act in the least democratic way ... '(https://www.paginasiete.bo/opinion/agustin-echalar-ascarrunz/2021/3/14/un-final-de-semana- negro-287350.html)
Has Bolivia started moving along the Venezuelan scenario?
[MDCCLXXXII. Nicolas Maduro bestows new title on Evo Morales after the elections in Bolivia. A political note. - October 20, 2020.
MDCCCXIII. Cocalero and Bolivia. A political essay. - November 7, 2020.].
March 15, 2021 00:54
Translation from Russian into English: March 15, 2021 01:26.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Кокалеро соскабливают боливийскую цивилизованность. Заметка'.