News from Bolivia, and elsewhere.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 30th, 2009
It figures that the week between Christmas and New Year’s–when most people in publishing have mandatory vacations–El Gaviero’s actually got work projects to complete. So, there’s a dearth of posting here. My apologies, but the New Year will hopefully find this blog hopping again. In the meantime, check out my friend Richard’s reporting from Haiti, [...]
Posted in opposition on Dec 18th, 2009
From El Deber, word that Manfred Reyes Villa, who just lost the presidential election in Bolivia, is wanted by the police for several financial irregularities while he was prefect of Cochabamba department. He is currently hiding out, presumably in Santa Cruz.
Posted in assassination plot on Dec 18th, 2009
Irish television network RTÉ has a 40-minute documentary on the alleged Santa Cruz terror cell that was gunned down earlier this year. It is a pretty balanced look at the group and what led to its existence in the Hotel Americas. The documentary does raise suspicions about the conduct of the Bolivian police on the [...]
Posted in assassination plot on Dec 15th, 2009
Bina’s got the goods on another Irishman allegedly involved with the Santa Cruz terror plot earlier this year.
Posted in environment on Dec 15th, 2009
The New York Times has an article up today about the impact of global warming on the glaciers and water supply of the area surrounding La Paz and El Alto in the Andes of Bolivia. It’s a timely piece, as climate-change talks in Copenhagen are in tumult after poorer nations threatened to walk out over [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, washington on Dec 7th, 2009
People that have never been to Bolivia, let alone observed an election there, are perpetuating the myth that Morales’s MAS party will accompany voters to the polls to ensure that they vote appropriately in today’s election. As far as I am aware, this lie started out with Mary Anastasio O’Grady’s WSJ column last month, when [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 6th, 2009
Weisbrot at the Center for Economic and Policy Research has a paper on Bolivia’s economic development under President Morales (who will likely–nay, almost certainly–win re-election tomorrow). I’ll be digging into it this rainy Saturday afternoon. Join me? (Via El Dude.)
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 6th, 2009
IKN has Armen Kouyoumdjian’s excellent screed about LatAm critics living in glass houses. It’s a great and hilarious read.
Posted in december election on Dec 5th, 2009
I’ve been traveling around so forgive the paucity of posts this week. Otto and the Dude had some fun earlier with Manfred Reyes Villa’s post-election plans: Apparently he’ll be inaugurated in Miami! Hah! Reyes knows he hasn’t a hope on Dec. 6, the date of Bolivia’s presidential election as the chart below shows (Evo’s even [...]
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