Silly Little Country

The BBC lets Matt Frei go to Bolivia

...or so it seemed, and wax orgasmic over what is likely a disastrous election outcome for the Bolivian people, though one can understand the emotions behind it.

Brad deLong finds a lovely historical reference from Pyrrhus on the subject and cites an insightful NY Times article on the problems in Bolivia.

"Another such victory and I am lost," said Pyrrhus of Epirus after beating Rome's legions. Juan Ferrero writes about another such victory--this time for the left in Bolivia

To give the BBC some small credit, their expert analyst indicated he did not know what would happen. And from what I have read, I suspect Morales has no idea either right now. We shall see.

posted by Alan Adamson @ 6:12 PM