By Manfredo Kempff, El Diario: President Rodrigo Paz and his cabinet ministers must possess some very important confidential information to withstand the beating of sticks, stones, insults, dynamite blasts, and hunger that the seat of government and part of Bolivia are suffering, without applying emergency measures. We assume, as could hardly be otherwise, that this…
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The Invisible Geography of the Roadblocks | La geografía invisible de los bloqueos
By Javier Gómez, Rimay Pampa: After three weeks of social and political conflict, and an analysis of the areas where each roadblock was established, it becomes clear that behind the social demands lies an overlap of legal, informal, and illegal economies competing for control of Bolivian territory. The road accessibility map released by the ABC…
Chapare Leaders Behind El Alto Blockades? | ¿Dirigentes del Chapare detrás de los bloqueos en El Alto?
By Milton Condori, Vision 360: Voices of discontent emerge after Evo supporters from the Chapare are identified at blockade points in El Alto “There are people from the Chapare who are leading these marches, these protests, these blockades. Without a doubt, there are people from the Chapare,” said former neighborhood leader Eddy Condori. Merchant leader…
Civic Committees Across the Country Demand Morales’ Arrest | Comités cívicos del país piden aprehensión de Morales
By Erbol, Los Tiempos: Leaders of the civic committees from the country’s nine departments, during a joint press conference this Thursday in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. | CCPSC The presidents of the civic committees from the country’s nine departments, meeting in Santa Cruz de la Sierra this Thursday, agreed to demand the immediate execution…
Chicken Shortage Looms | Se avecina escasez de pollo
By Bolivia Tv, Eju.Tv: Impact of road blockades will be felt until July with reduced chicken meat supply, poultry farmers warn Cochabamba “received around 500,000 fewer baby chicks, when the department normally receives approximately 1.3 million baby chicks per week,” revealed the vice president of the Cochabamba Poultry Farmers Association (ADA), Iván Carreón. The road…
The Altiplano Jihad | La Jihad altiplánica
By Diego Ayo, Brujula Digital: Hearing a peasant announce that “we are going to carpet the La Paz-Oruro highway with corpses” is dramatic. It is even worse when a pair of lawmakers openly devote themselves to issuing threats without the slightest shame. Nilton Condori states that “if we are going to change the Political Constitution…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 