Bolivian president Evo Morales
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald: Bolivia is following Venezuela and Nicaragua - and that’s toward totalitarian rule
While the mass exodus of more than 2.3 million Venezuelans and the murder of more than 300 anti-government protesters in Nicaragua are making big headlines, it may be time to pay attention to another country in the region that is also moving rapidly toward totalitarian rule: Bolivia.
Bolivian President Evo Morales announced last week that he will submit to his country’s Congress - where he enjoys a comfortable majority - a “law against lies,” which would penalize news about his government that he doesn’t like.
In several statements in recent weeks, Morales said he will propose a law to “punish liars” in the media and to “moralize” independent news organizations. The Inter-American Press Association has denounced that the proposed law would impose an all-out censorship on the media.
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WNU Editor: Cuba. Venezuela. Nicaragua. Bolivia. This is the trend in South America.
