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#BoliviaEnCrisis Jeanine Añez has appointed a cabinet tilted to the right and the lowland East, with several extreme critics of #EvoMorales. After her first 11 appointments generated criticism, she has moved to diversify the later nominations. #GabineteAnez
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Solid English summary of the politics of the Añez cabinet theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/bolivia-president-jeanine-anez-cabinet-indigenous #GabineteAnez
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Full evaluation of the first 11 ministers from Página Siete (es), most with linked biographies: "a hard line and an Eastern stamp" paginasiete.bo/nacional/2019/11/14/jura-un-gabinete-duro-de-emergencia-237345.html #GabineteAnez
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The "hardliners" are, per Página Siete: Interior/Government Minister: hotel owner and legislator Arturo Murillo Minister of Communication: investigative journalist Roxana Lizárraga Minister of Public Works: Senator Yerko Núñez #GabineteAnez
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In announcing her cabinet Añez insisted that her cabinet included knowledgeable people with a technical mission. noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/anez-dice-que-bolivia-ya-no-girara-en-torno-a-un-caudillo-y-destaca-perfil-tecnico-de-su-gabinete-402409 #GabineteAñez
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Later appointments seem to bridge partisan, racial divides: Low-ranking MAS-IPSP official Samuel Ordoñez Castillo will serve as Minister of Rural Development and Land. noticiasfides.com/nacional/politica/anez-designa-a-un-militante-del-mas-y-exfuncionario-de-evo-en-su-gabinete-402410 #GabineteAñez
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A woman "de pollera" (an indigenous woman in traditional dress), Martha Yujra Apaza, of the El Alto Regional Labor Confederation, will be Minister of Cultures. She kissed the wiphala on taking office. paginasiete.bo/nacional/2019/11/15/una-altena-indigena-entra-en-el-gabinete-de-la-presidenta-anez-237436.html #GabineteAñez
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Yujra Apaza: "It is the time of the women. We the women are taking the reins of the country" Yet beyond the interim president, only 4 of 16 cabinet ministers are women. #GabineteAñez paginasiete.bo/nacional/2019/11/15/una-altena-indigena-entra-en-el-gabinete-de-la-presidenta-anez-237436.html
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The Evo Morales administration had pledged gender parity it its cabinet. While it only achieved that once, in 2010, 35% of its first 97 cabinet members were women, an extremely high share by global standards.
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Between 41 and 72% of Bolivians identify as indigenous (depending on the way the question is asked). Having one indigenous cabinet member out of 16 is an extreme under-representation.