The Two Phases in the Transition Towards Democracy in Bolivia
After almost 14 years of holding power in Bolivia, the Castrochavist system remains intact because the dictator collapsed but not the dictatorship. Evo Morales’ regime is a dictatorship that, applying the model orchestrated from Cuba and Venezuela, made disappear all the fundamental components of democracy in order to perpetuate itself in power, through: 1- The institutionalization of the violation of “human rights and basic freedoms”. 2- The elimination of the “Rule of Law”. 3- The ending of the “separation and independence of the branches of government”. 4- The supplanting of “free and fair elections” by a “vote-catching dictatorship”. 5- The ending of the “free social and political organization”. The second pase of the transition towards democracy will be under the responsibility of those who will be elected in the forthcoming elections, a date for which has yet to be determined, that is anticipated will be around the month of April of 2020. The purpose for the transition from dictatorship to democracy in Bolivia is the restoration of the Republic and all fundamental components of democracy, including the replacement of elected officials and candidates who comprise the dictatorship either as direct participants or as functional opposition members. Until that happens, the dictatorship will not have ended.

