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Morales' New Cabinet
MABB ©I have been trying to post each new Morales cabinet to keep a public record. This time, Morales was sworn-in on January 22, 2015 and he appointed his cabinet the day after. It is a mixture of new...
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Subnational Elections in Bolivia
MABB ©On March 29, 2015, Bolivia went once again to the ballot box this time to elect sub-national authorities. On that day, the question of distribution of power among the so called autonomous...
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Bolivia's Demand Against Chile in the Hague
MABB ©Since 2013 Bolivia is suing Chile in the International Court of Justice in the Hague regarding the long standing issue of sea access. This has been and still is the most important issue in...
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El Escandalo de la FIFA en Relacion con Bolivia
MABB © "... esos paises [los paises que siguen apoyando a Blatter] sufren de todas maneras con problemas endémicos de corrupción ... entonces es pensable que los funcionarios en esas federaciones...
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Subnational Elections 2015: The Results and Their Implications
MABB ©The sub-national elections in Bolivia took part a while ago, but as I mentioned in a prior post, the results were not ready until a couple of runoff elections took place, in Beni and Tarija. Well...
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The Lithium Dilemma for Bolivia
MABB ©The Morales government has been continuing its plans to develop Bolivia in economic terms based on the extraction of natural resources. One of its latest objectives has been to add the mineral...
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September 24: A Decisive or a Fateful Moment for Bolivia?
MABB ©Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 15 hours (The Hague time) can turn into a fateful moment or remain a first decisive moment for Bolivia. On that day and that hour, the International Court of...
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MABB ©On September 11, I asked whether November 24th, the day the ICJ was to issue its first decision on the case brought to court by Bolivia against Chile, was going to be a decisive or fateful day...
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Bolivia's Development Model and Plans
MABB ©The Bolivian government has published, in the context of the climate change conferences in the last months, a series of papers outlining its approach to development. This exert is from the...
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The Tiquipaya Conference on Climate Change
MABB ©Bolivia has been active on trying to contribute to the global debate on climate change. Back in 2010 already it organized a conference of the peoples in Tiquipaya, Cochabamba, where all the...
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Elections in Bolivia Between 2005 and 2016
MABB ©La Razon, January 16, 2016LinkMabblog
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List of Political Parties and Other Organizations Allowed to Advertise Their...
MABB ©The following graph shows a list of political parties and other organizations allowed by the electoral entity to advertise their messages (either yes or no) in government media for the coming...
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Time Line of the Autonomic Process 2005 - 2015
MABB ©In this link you will find a time line for the autonomic process in Bolivia. The link is from the State Service for the Autonomic Process (SEA).HereMabblog
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Some Reasons Why Morales Eventually Might Be Losing Support
MABB ©On February 21, 2016, Bolivians, once again, will head to the ballot boxes to cast their votes in yet another referendum. This time, the issue is whether the 2009 Constitution can be amended to...
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Politic Stability vs. Strengthening of the Democratic Process
MABB ©On February 21, 2016 Bolivian voters have to head to the voting booths again because the Morales government wants them to decide whether the President, Evo Morales (it is not decided yet whether...
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The Referendum on Re-election of February 21, 2016
MABB ©Bolivians headed to the ballot boxes once again on February 21, 2016 to vote in a referendum, which asked them to decide whether the government could amend the 2009 Constitution to allow...
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The Deconstruction of the Morales Government
MABB ©Observing from afar the political events taking place in Bolivia, namely, a series of corruption revelations that reach the highest levels of government, even Evo Morales, it seems these same...
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What Morales Should Do in His Remaining Time
MABB ©It has come a time in which the Bolivian government should take a moment to seriously ponder what should it's next move be. This is a good moment for that because, after six consecutive and...
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The Deconstruction of the Morales Government (Continued)
MABB ©In a prior post I speculated on the deconstruction of the Morales government on the grounds that 1) his (ama sua, ama qhella, ama llulla) government's credibility was seriously undermined through...
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What Will a Trump Presidency Mean for Latin America and Bolivia?
MABB ©Source: Commons, free of licenceDonald J. Trump has won the November 8, 2016 elections and will, in January 2017, be sworn-in as the 45th President of the United States. That, pretty much, has...
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