Chicago can learn from Bolivia
[This article was syndicated via RSS from BackyardConservative. The views represented do not necessarily represent those of the Chicago Daily Observer.]
Hugo Chavez' buddy Evo Morales has been reelected president of Bolivia. It's a desperately poor country and he is its first indigenous president. How long democracy will last remains a question.
But as I hear from an observer there, Bolivians are required to present photo-IDs (and are fingerprinted) prior to voting--this is something Chicago with infinitely more resources can somehow not seem to be able to do.
P.S. But taking fingerprints to better collect taxes is another story.
‘It’s a desperately poor country and he is its first indigenous president. How long democracy will last remains a question.’
Rubbish…Bolivia has held free ad fair elections..Just because you dont like the outcome and prefer to see the country under the jackboot of a right wing govt is no cause to doubt the process.
Don’t overreact. I said this election was fair. But the Venezuela model is not hopeful. The articles I cited give varying cause for concern–the Economist is hardly a rightie rag.
I’d say Chavez employs the jackboot–shutting down media. Morales is not there now.
Gano la democracia? o murio la democracia? That is the question.
Chavez, Moralez and Correa have shown the world they do not follow the rules of democracy. They are elected dictators by people that are intimidated and payed off.
The good news is, the Chavez model does not work and socialism does not work either. The bad news is the people of Bolivia will end with the bill.
The hope is that Evo will have the wisdom to get a new master mind.
The Economist IS a right mag,,,its hardly a hot bed of socialism! Its well known for its attacks on Venezuela.
Chavez has not hunted down the media, the media has hunted down Chavez, attacking him and the govt from day 1, taking part in the 2002 coup attempt…Their owners should be in jail for subversion,and would be if they tried it in the US!
Evo was elected with 400 000 votes that are under scrutiny.
Evo has done a better job at managing the economy than any other president before him in Bolivia. ( I DONT LIKE HIM AND WAS BORN IN BOLIVIA).
Evo has eradicated illiteracy.
Evo has helped the poor (60% of the population) in more ways than any other president before him.
Now, all that said, He is a bully. He jails anyone that goes against his will and uses the law to push it through. His vice president was involved in an incident when he was a teenager that placed an innocent chemistry teacher in jail for 2 years, cause he showed this kid (like he did with all who where curious) the process from fertilizer to something that had more of a bang.
Actually met Evo three times in life… when he was just 25 I arrived from Sucre into Cochabamba at the airport, and he remembered me from highschool. Back then he talked to me about his plan. Which proves he was an excellent memory and long term ambitions.
Later on while working for petrochemical plants dined on tables beside him in a place called Villa Tunari.
By then he controlled the associations of this part of the Bolivia and anyone that wasnt with him didnt have a job. Those who supported him had a land and something to work with. Now he is pushing this change on a National level with the help of Venezuela and Cuba.
Evo is pushing Bolivia with ties with Iran and Venezuela.. not a healthy decision that places all Bolivians in jeopardy.
Most of the 35 percent that don’t like him are now asking for US intervention. Which is not wise, wouldn’t want to see BlackWater operating in this country.
Evo has polarized the country and now plans to make them masters and everyone else a slave… legally!!! He plans to pass a law that aboriginals of the a place of land have special rights that the rest don’t have.
The poor country of Bolivia.
Its looked upon that way cause its stats show this.
Interestingly enough very few people in Bolivia beg on the street.. though some do.
Most have a piece of land they can call there own (over 85%). Thats more then most western world countries.
Most of the people eat under 1500 calories a day but over 1200 (its kept me slim.. even now that I’ve reached 50).
Bolivia uses some of the most advance technology, as I was able to relocate to the US and work for companies that are making state of the art technology with out going back to school. My experience shows this.
Actually comparing industries in Uruguay and Paraguay, Bolivia has more advance technology and capability.
The country only needs to import vehicles, tools and specialty materials, its not industrialized. It produces everything else, food, house, furniture, even electronics, boats, helicopters and some heave machinery, it exports software worldwide, used by Japan and the European Congress.
So yes, Bolivia is poor statistically… but its not poor in resources or capability.
Yes, that’s true Bolivia may be a “poor country” in terms of income per capita and an underdeveloped infrastructure in the rural areas, but beyond that it could easily be counted as a wealthy nation under several categories.
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