By Luis Eduardo Siles BoliviaWatch February 1, 2008
In power for almost two years, Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, has turned the country into a territory ruled by irrationality and violence.
In speeches and public relations campaigns, the government condemns its predecessors and what it calls the injustices of the past. It seeks to create the myth that Morales is the incarnation of the “noble savage.” The reality is radically different. Far from ushering in a new age of enlightenment, Morales is undermining the rule of law and threatening the destruction of Bolivian democracy.
Today, Bolivia is undergoing a regression of civilization, a return to medieval times. The rights of the individual are under a systematic attack. Not only the political opposition, but the entire justice system is threatened. Evo Morales is implementing his radical authoritarianism by using contemptuous and abusive methods. With its staged media events, the government’s propaganda machine is unfettered. Even the President’s “man of the people” wardrobe is a part of this propaganda. The government’s heavy-handed tactics are finally making the world wake up to the true nature of the Bolivian regime.
Starting in January 2005 both Evo Morales Ayma President of Bolivia and his Vice-President Álvaro García Linera have implemented an active and systematic campaign to destabilize the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema de Justicia) as well as the Constitutional Tribunal. In this process they included not only juridical-administrative actions that make a mockery of the independence of powers, but also actions such as surrounding the building that houses the Constitutional Tribunal and exploding dynamite in its interior.
1) Torture and Lynching: Two suspected cattle-thieves killed in town of Cota Cota, 75 Kilometers from La Paz. 2) Arrests: Local political boss Edwin Huampo, three others held for murder. 3) Indigenous Justice: Quispe pressures government to release Huampo through union-led unrest. 4) Humanitarian Rescue: Government arranges convoy to free Sorata hostages. 5) Writing, Rewriting the Story: Hostages relate fear, diplomats applaud rescue, the opposition condemns the government. 6) New Rescue, Credit Misplaced: Government launches rescue of 200 hostages in town of Luquisani.
