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#BoliviaEnCrisis New York Times editorial board warns US to stay out of Bolivia, demands rapid and free elections with the MAS-IPSP freely participating to avoid "a sad relapse to the era of serial coups."Permalink On twitter.com
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NYT Editorial Board: Interim president Jeanine Añez ”pledged to ‘bring back democracy and tranquillity,’ but she instead embarked on a blatantly revanchist, ruthless path.”Permalink On twitter.com
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NYT Editorial Board: ”Mr. Morales became Bolivia’s first Indigenous leader … breaking the monopoly on power of a small elite of European descent. He sharply reduced the poverty rate, expanded the economy and helped introduce a new, more equitable constitution.”Permalink On twitter.com
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NYT Editorial Board: Morales "overreached" with 4th bid for re-election. OAS ”provided cover for the military to ’suggest’ that Mr. Morales leave office.”Permalink On twitter.com
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NYT Editorial Board: ”Renouncing any candidacy is the right way for him to help restore peace and democracy in a country for which he has done so much.”Permalink On twitter.com
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NYT Editorial Board: ”Mr. Morales should focus on finding a worthy successor in his party who could hold off an inevitable challenge from the far right.”Permalink On twitter.com
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NYT Editorial Board: Interim president Añez should ”abandon her vindictive policies and fulfill her promise to arrange a free and fair election.” theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/24/bolivia-evo-morales-vow-jail-rest-life-arturo-murilloPermalink On twitter.com
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NYT Editorial Board: ”Anything less would mark a sad relapse to the era of serial coups and counter-coups that ravaged Bolivia, often with the clandestine participation of the C.I.A.” @CarwilBJ/1194295829932064769Permalink On twitter.com
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NYT Editorial Board: Goal is no US involvement. ”Seeing that [left-right struggle] resolved through the democratic process, rather than outside meddling, should be the goal of the United States and Bolivia’s Latin American neighbors.”Permalink On twitter.com
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NYT Editorial Board kicking the Añez–Trump alliance: ”breaking ties with the left-wing governments of Cuba and Venezuela and dispatching an ambassador to a gleeful Trump administration.”On twitter.com
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Full NYT editorial on Bolivia here: nytimes.com/2019/12/09/opinion/evo-morales-bolivia.htmlPermalink On twitter.com