Quiet Revolution? Sea Change South of the Border

Quiet Revolution?  Sea Change South of the Border

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Compiled from Wire Reports for the International Information Network

29 August

0227 GMT

Dateline – Caracas, Venezuela

With the recent death of the President of Bolivia, who apparently died in the company of a long time mistress, the leadership of South, Central and Caribbean nations have all undergone quite the change in the past few years. 

            Leadership changes are nothing new to the hemisphere, with a marked increase due to the global economic downturn.  It is interesting to this observer that the changes in legislative, political and military leadership have been marked with an almost across the board adoption of programs marked at reducing corruption.  For instance, one day after being sworn in as the new President of Bolivia, Rodrigo Chavira introduced a new bevy of economic development programs, industrial initiatives, and corruption reducing measures that could be described as almost draconian.

            Low level Bolivian government officials, who are found guilty of graft and corruption are punished by long term sentences in military labor camps.  Senior level officials who are found guilty, can be executed.  These programs are very similar to the ones adopted in Venezuela, Brazil and Mexico, since the series of coups began overthrowing democratically elected and notoriously corrupt the government in 2013. 

            News of the adoption of the programs was heralded both in the Assembly of the Organization of American States, as well as the offices of the South American Resource Development Corporation, according to Paulo Craig, a senior official for the multinational company. 

            “We welcome the wonderful decision made by the new president of Bolivia, and hope that the Bolivian people recognize the true benefits of Bolivia shedding the culture of corruption that it has been saddled with for all of these years and work with all of our hemispheric neighbors to move boldly into a brave new era for all of our peoples.”