Editorial, El Dia: Bolivia is paying the price for having chosen an ambiguous, anesthetizing and relativistic discourse in the face of an economic reality that demanded sincerity, firmness and structural decisions from day one. Rodrigo Paz came to power by building an intermediate narrative. He was not the open continuation of masismo, but neither was…
Population Rejects Vandalism and Refutes Government Inaction | Población rechaza vandalismo y refuta inacción del Gobierno
By El Diario: Amid the climate of uncertainty, residents of the city of La Paz expressed their rejection of the acts of vandalism carried out by radical groups that generated fear yesterday; therefore, they refuted the Government authorities’ inaction, a situation that puts the country’s stability at risk. Damage to public property, destruction of businesses,…
MAS and Narcos Push to Oust Paz | MAS y Narcos Buscan Tumbar a Paz
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Convulsion Government Denounces That Evo Morales and Drug Trafficking Are Behind the Plan for Paz’s Resignation Presidential spokesman José Luis Gálvez said that the top leaders of the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), the Túpac Katari Departmental Federation of Peasants, and substitute senator Nilton Condori are part of the plan. The…
Quinoa at Risk | Quinua en Riesgo
Por Benjamin Swift, Mongabay: Después del auge de la quinua, los agricultores bolivianos enfrentan suelos degradados y estrés climático AROMA MARKA, Bolivia — Las colinas onduladas alrededor del pueblo de Aroma Marka son una cacofonía de colores: vainas de quinua amarillo dorado, rojo intenso y negro púrpura salpican el paisaje por lo demás árido de…
Bolivia: No Puede Gobernarse Mediante la Política del Asedio | Cannot Govern Itself Through Siege Politics
Editorial, Pensamientos Bolivianos: La Constitución boliviana no establece un “veto callejero” sobre gobiernos elegidos democráticamente. Establece una república democrática regida por elecciones, sucesión constitucional, separación de poderes y procedimientos institucionales. Esa diferencia importa hoy, cuando sectores de la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) y organizaciones aliadas llaman abiertamente a la renuncia del presidente Rodrigo Paz apenas…
It Has Already Gone Too Far… | Ya está de buen tamaño…
By Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: It’s already gone too far that little union bosses keep paralyzing the country whenever they please. In a nation like ours, wrecked after the blue hurricane that destroyed everything and lasted 20 years, one cannot demand that, in six months, hydrocarbons suddenly become abundant, highways be left in perfect condition,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 