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2018-09-14 Caribbean-Latin America

Bolivia is following Venezuela and Nicaragua - and that’s toward totalitarian rule

[MiamiHerald] While the mass exodus of more than 2.3 million Venezuelans and the murder of more than 300 anti-government protesters in Nicaragua are making big headlines, it may be time to pay attention to another country in the region that is also moving rapidly toward totalitarian rule: Bolivia.

Bolivian President Evo Morales announced last week that he will submit to his country’s Congress - where he enjoys a comfortable majority - a “law against lies,” which would penalize news about his government that he doesn’t like.

In several statements in recent weeks, Morales said he will propose a law to “punish liars” in the media and to “moralize” independent news organizations. The Inter-American Press Association has denounced that the proposed law would impose an all-out censorship on the media.

It’s ironic that Morales does even dare to publicly bring up the issue of lying. He has repeatedly promised to retire after finishing his constitutionally-allowed term, only to circumvent the rule of law to re-elect himself several times.

It’s time for the region’s diplomatic community to speak out about the slow-motion coup d’etat that’s taking place in Bolivia before it escalates into a Venezuela or Nicaraguan-style crisis.

Posted by 3dc 2018-09-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top
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#1 Shame on All of you.

Cynical arbitrators of Poverty.

Posted by newc 2018-09-14 00:51|| 2018-09-14 00:51|| Front Page Top

#2 The Socialist Democrats in our own country look envious upon their southern neighbors.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-09-14 03:05|| 2018-09-14 03:05|| Front Page Top

#3 So basically facebook and twitter then.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-09-14 06:38|| 2018-09-14 06:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Why can't they follow Chile's example? Why duplicate failure? Yeah, because the oligarchs get rich.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-09-14 11:33|| 2018-09-14 11:33|| Front Page Top

#5 ..reminds me of a story out of Northern Ireland. An American walks in to order a beer. The barman asks are you Protestant or Catholic. The American replies he's agnostic. The barman asks are you Protestant agnostic or Catholic agnostic?

Are you a capitalist oligarch or a socialist oligarch?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-09-14 12:11|| 2018-09-14 12:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Evo Morales is the South American Robert Mugabe... Expect Bolivia to turn into a hellhole like ~~Rhodesia~~ Zimbabwe if he stays in power.

Posted by magpie 2018-09-14 13:00|| 2018-09-14 13:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Someone once said that if you took all the money and distribted it equally (socialism), give time, a small group of people would end up with most of the money.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-09-14 13:32|| 2018-09-14 13:32|| Front Page Top

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#4 Why can't they follow Chile's example? Why duplicate failure? Yeah, because the oligarchs get rich.

And because a lot of dumb, evil people will vote for Free Shit at the expense of their neighbors.

Not that the country that elected Obama twice can throw stones.

Posted by charger 2018-09-14 19:58|| 2018-09-14 19:58|| Front Page Top

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