Bolivia’s Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party won a decisive victory in the country’s on Sunday, with its candidate Luis Arce apparently winning by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff, likely achieving an absolute majority. The leading opposing candidate, neoliberal Carlos Mesa, and the right-wing unelected President Jeanine Áñez congratulated Arce on his victory.Some in US corporate media, however, failed to describe what was really going on in the country.The Wall Street Journal () maintained the fiction that Bolivia’s 2019 vote was “marred by irregularities.”When the Wall...… Bolivia’s Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party won a decisive victory in the country’s on Sunday, with its candidate Luis Arce apparently winning by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff, likely achieving an absolute majority. The leading opposing candidate, neoliberal Carlos Mesa, and the right-wing unelected President Jeanine Áñez congratulated Arce on his victory.Some in US corporate media, however, failed to describe what was really going on in the country.The Wall Street Journal () maintained the fiction that Bolivia’s 2019 vote was “marred by irregularities.”When the Wall...WW…

 John Bolton with his White House memoir (cc photo: Gage Skidmore)Opposing the current president is a worthy goal for anyone who wants a better world. But if that opposition is based on TV ratings and ad sales, then it is just as morally bankrupt as the president himself.John Bolton’s new book, The Room Where It Happened, has earned him enormous amounts of free publicity for antagonizing the president. In their zeal to once again expose Trump as an all-around bad man, corporate media have elevated someone who should be condemned by a civilized society.Bolton’s entire professional...… John Bolton with his White House memoir (cc photo: Gage Skidmore)Opposing the current president is a worthy goal for anyone who wants a better world. But if that opposition is based on TV ratings and ad sales, then it is just as morally bankrupt as the president himself.John Bolton’s new book, The Room Where It Happened, has earned him enormous amounts of free publicity for antagonizing the president. In their zeal to once again expose Trump as an all-around bad man, corporate media have elevated someone who should be condemned by a civilized society.Bolton’s entire professional...WW…