El Diario reports: Opposition announces legal process Senator Arturo Murillo argues that the legal figures on the case would be “serious and very serious faults”, in addition to threatening the citizen’s vote Two days after Evo Morales made them responsible for the primary elections, the members issued a statement, justifying the meeting with the President…
Month: September 2018
evo’s populist government fails one more time!
El Diario reports: Non-traditional production does not increase Government without horizon for exports The IDB launched a proposal for a Latin American Free Trade Agreement and Bolivian businessmen say they are willing to take on challenges Neighboring countries move to increase the sale of manufactured products to the world market and Bolivia continues to prioritize…
To face an beat evo’s delusional desire to continue in the presidency of Bolivia
From the Tangled section of Pagina Siete, photo from the internet: The “Mesa” way out If the opposition wants to win the upcoming 2019 elections seriously, you must first invite the candidate with more possibilities, not of winning the primaries, but to win the vote of that 90% of Bolivians without a political party, that…
Lava Jato in Bolivia: Boon or Bane for Evo Morales?
Emily Achtenberg reports for NACLA: Will an inquiry into Bolivia’s potential ties to the massive Lava Jato bribery scandal help Evo Morales, or derail his bid for a fourth presidential term? Next month, Bolivian lawmakers will issue a much-anticipated report on the country’s ties to the massive Lava Jato (Operation Carwash) bribery scandal. When President Evo Morales…
Meet the Women Wrestling Their Way to Equality in the High Andes
By LAURENCE BUTET-ROCH, Photographs by LUISA DÖRR for National Geographic; Bolivia’s stylish Flying Cholitas have merged modern wrestling with their community’s history of activism. Noelia, a 19-year-old wrestler, poses for a photograph in her traditional cholita garb. “People need heroes, wrestlers, champions of their own who can be admired,” reflects Brazilian photographer Luisa Dörr, who spent ten days in…
Bolivian chefs are trading colonial cuisine for national pride
Jen Rose Smith reports for CNN: La Paz, Bolivia (CNN) — Midway through a 17-course tasting menu at Gustu, a La Paz restaurant where dinner and drinks for two could cost more than many Bolivians could afford, a plate arrived bearing three translucent cubes of ceviche. The chewy, sweet-tasting meat was lagarto, a reptile known in…
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