Bolivia is facing growing unrest as fuel shortages, rising prices, and economic uncertainty spread across the country. With reports of a possible IMF loan, many Bolivians fear a return to the austerity policies of the past, including subsidy cuts and other measures that could further increase the cost of living.
Why is the potential nomination of Carlos Trujillo raising concerns? Learn his stance on economic sanctions and his role in supporting the 2019 Bolivian coup.
“Unfortunately this is not the only, or even the most serious, violation of OAS rules that Almagro has presided over. His role, and that of OAS electoral observers, in the 2019 military coup in Bolivia has been well-documented.”
In this blog post series, we examined assumptions and biases in Escobari and Gary A. Hoover’s 2020 report,
Escobari and Hoover Fake a Triple-Difference and Make Things Worse
Escobari and Hoover’s assumptions are far too restrictive, disallowing all kinds of benign explanations of Bolivia’s 2019 election results.
Escobari and Hoover mistakenly find fraud where none exists.
This is the tenth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia.
This is the ninth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia.
This is the eighth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia.
