MAS gives Evo Absolute Power to Name Judges

February 12th, the Movement to Socialism controlled senate has passed a bill called the "Ley Corta" or "Short Law" that allows President Evo Morales to name interim judges to fill any vacancies including those on the Supreme Court and Constitutional Tribunal.

Government Accuses Patzi of Lying

On February 10th, Bolivian foreign minister David Choquehuanca lambasted La Paz mayorial candidate Felix Patzi for lying to the press regarding his recent arrest for drunk driving and resisting arrest.

Community Justice: Patzi must make 1000 bricks, Refuses to Resign for Drunk Driving Despite Evo Insistence

Indigenous and Farm leaders have validated Aymará sociologist and ex-education minister Félix Patzi as their choice for governor of La Paz despite his recent arrest and confession to charges of drunk driving and fleeing arrest.

Indigenous Groups Criticize Evo & Bureaucracy

Several different indigenous groups over the past week have denounced Evo Morales and the MAS government as overly bureaucratic and only representing the interests of large Andean indigenous groups. 

Ex-Education Minister Patzi is 1st Bolivian to Lose Driver's License For Life Under New Law

On February 4th the Sacha Llorenti, the Minister of Government announced that the national police have

Morales Accuses NGOs of Spying

 In Tarija on January 29th Bolivian President Evo Morales criticized NGOs, saying that some "are the 5th

Mining Minister Resigns After 1 Week in Office

President Morales made it clear that he believes that Milton Gómez who he appointed as Minister of

Santa Cruz Governor Seeks Collaboration with Evo

On March 26th the governor of Santa Cruz, Roly Aguilera told the press that he hoped that the new

Government Discusses Censorship, Denies "Gag" law

After President Morales made remarks on Monday to the effect that his government is considering a

Evo calls the US a "trashcan of deliquents"

Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the US of harboring wanted criminals and refusing to extradite

Evo's New Cabinet 50% Women, Sacks 3 Incumbents

President Evo Morales has made a surprising reshuffle of his government ministers, sacking several hard liners close to Vice-President Garcia Linera and installing more women and indigenous leaders.

War of Words Bolivia-US Continues

 On Friday January 22nd Bolivia's Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca called remarks made by United States UN  deputy-ambassador Alejandro Wolff unacceptable. Choquehuanca stated, "These remarks are

Evo Inaugurated as President

(Video in Spanish)  Evo Morales Aima was inaugurated on January 21st as the indigenous spiritual and social leader of Bolivia and on January 22nd as the President of the Pluri-National Republic of Bolivia from 2010-2015. Evo gave a
two hour speech in which he outlined his accomplishments, future plans and criticized the United States and then convened the Pluri-National Legislative Assembly. His main plans lay in implementing the new constitution that his Movement to Socialism party forced into effect without much of the opposition present. Leaders of state such as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Chile's Michelle Bachilet, Ecuador's Rafael Correa, Spain's Prince Felipe de Borbón, Paraguay's Fernando Lugo, the Colombian Vice President, the Cuban Vice-President, and the US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis were present along with special guests such as Guatemalan indigenous rights campaigner Rigoberta Menchú.  President Cristina Fernandez of Argentina had been scheduled to come but had to bow out due to an ongoing banking crisis in Argentina. Peru sent a lowly ex-prime minister as an insult to President Morales who has an acrimonious relationship with Peruvian President Alan Garcia.  US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis affirmed that Bolivia is living a historic moment and begins a new cycle of development. Solis signed an agreement to extend the ongoing bi-lateral talks between Washington and La Paz aimed at re-establishing high-level diplomatic relations. Solis expressed satisfaction at being in Bolivia and said that it's a land rich in history that made an important contribution to the Americas.

At the Indigenous inauguration in the ruins of Tihuanacu, Morales said to those assembled, "I want to work for five more years together with the people, under their orders, in order to promote development, unity and the integration of Bolivia."  Morales was re-elected in a landslide vote on December 6th, 2009 where he obtained 62.44% percent of the vote due widespread popularity among Bolivia's indigenous and poor and the failure of many opposition parties to unite. At his indigenous ceremony in Tihuanacu Evo's opening remarks were, "From Tihuanacu I want to say to you from La Paz, from Bolivia to all the people of the world, never submit to capitalism. This is a historic struggle, ongoing for thousands of years fought by our ancestors, however my sisters and brothers, we have passed four years of our government, and I work constantly with Ramos, with Alvaro Garcia Linera, and in four years we enacted this cosmic law of our ancestors; ama sulla, ama yulla, ama q'ella (thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not lie; thou shalt not be lazy). I want to thank, from this sacred place, our ancestors for having left the best inheritance for me and for all the peoples of the world which is don't rob, don't lie, and don't be lazy." 




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Tension in MAS Alliance

The governing Movement to Socialism  (MAS) party is engaged in a spat with the allied MSM party that led President Morales today to call MSM's leader Juan Del Granado a "garbage collector". This recent conflict arose

FIRST FEMALE SENATE PRESIDENT

Ana María Romero de Campero was elected the first female President of the Bolivian Senate in the nation's history today by an absolute majority. Campero had previously been the Public Defender before joining the senate and

New Military Service Law for Youth

A recent change in Bolivia’s Mandatory Military Service Law allows youth to complete their military
service through domestic social service. The deputy minister of defense, Jose Luis Prudencio, explained

Social Security Payments to use Biometric Registry

The Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel informed the press that his ministry has signed an accord with the National Electoral Court to use their much lauded biometric registry for the social security

Another Ex-Governor Flees the Country!

Bolivian Immigration has confirmed that José Luis Paredes, the ex-governor of the La Paz state and leader of the Plan Progreso political party that opposes Evo Morales' government has fled the country on January 4th from the Santa Cruz airport on a flight to Argentina. Federal Prosecutor Fernando Ganam

Santa Cruz Opposition Forms Pact

A pact formed to oppose Evo Morales' Movement to Socialism Party in Santa Cruz on Friday for the April elections of state governors across Bolivia.  This brings former Santa Cruz State Governor Ruben Costas

UN Human Rights Commissioner Speaks on Bolivia

The UN High Commission for Human Rights representative Denis Racicot told the Indigenous News Agency in La Paz that Bolivia needs to implement the new protections for indigenous peoples enshrined in the