By Francesco Zaratti: India’s independence from the British Empire was not achieved through armed rebellion or terrorist strategies, but through a pacifist movement, inspired and led by Mahatma Gandhi, which undermined the moral foundations of a colonial occupation that had subjugated 400 million people for two centuries. Non-violent resistance against repression and civil disobedience against…
WHAT DOES PRESIDENT PAZ WANT TO DIALOGUE ABOUT? | ¿DE QUE QUIERE DIALOGAR EL PRESIDENTE PAZ?
By Oscar Antezana: More than once I have stated that this government was born with two cardinal sins: the lack of a government plan and Lara as vice president. The current unrest is a direct consequence of both sins. Paz wants dialogue. Dialogue about what? He has no proposal or concrete plan. How can reforms…
Microbusinesses Demand Relief | Microempresarios Exigen Alivio
By Eju.tv: Microentrepreneurs Call the 36 Days of Road Blockades “Criminal”; Sector Demands Six-Month Loan Payment Deferral to Recover The leader added that micro and small businesses are unable to obtain raw materials for manufacturing, production, or sales because Bolivia does not produce the necessary inputs needed to complete their products. The representative of the…
Roadblocks Are a Criminal Measure Disguised as Social Protest | Bloqueos son una medida criminal que es disfrazada de protesta social
By El Diario: They See an “Invisible Death Sentence” Stating that the Bolivian population can no longer endure what amounts to an “invisible death sentence” and the collapse of the healthcare system caused by roadblocks organized by “union leaderships,” former senator Henry Montero asserted that the organizations currently mobilized are promoting sedition and are not…
Crash of a Nation | Colapso de una Nación
By The Economist: Protesters have controlled Bolivia’s capital for a month To lift their blockades, they want the centrist president, Rodrigo Paz, to resign When túpac katari, an indigenous leader, laid siege to La Paz for more than 100 days in 1781, the city folk were reduced to eating cats and dogs. La Paz today…
Fear of a State of Emergency | Miedo al estado de excepción
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…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 