Pagina Siete reports: Survey: 66% of Bolivians do not want to go to elections in 90 days The city of El Alto was the only city where 58% supported the elections in that period. The most recent survey by the Ipsos company indicates that 66% of Bolivians across the country rejects the approach of going…
Month: May 2020
Bolivia needs an election, but covid-19 makes that hard
The Economist reports: The opposition fears the interim president is using the pandemic to cement her power On april 21st, a month into Bolivia’s lockdown, police in riot gear swarmed the home of Patricia Arce, the mayor of Vinto, a city in the department of Cochabamba, and a senate candidate for the left-wing Movement to…
Propaganda in the Evo government – Propaganda en el gobierno de Evo
Editorial from Pagina Siete: Propaganda in the Evo government One of the best-kept secrets by the Evo Morales government has been revealed in the last few hours by the Ministry of Communication: the list of media that received large amounts of advertising/propaganda in that administration. The current Minister of Communication, Isabel Fernández, first made known…
Bolivian diablada chinstrap – Diablada en un barbijo
EFE reports for Pagina Siete: The strength of the Bolivian diablada in a chinstrap against the Covid-19 The strength of the Bolivian diablada, the emblematic dance of the famous Oruro Carnival, a World Heritage Site, is reflected in a mask created by the embroidery craftsman Juan Carlos Condori to convey a message of encouragement in…
Our life … – Nuestra vida …
¿Quien no se siente así? Nuestra vida cambió … Who does not feel like this? Our life changed … ¡Vamos, animo! – Come on cheer up!
SIX AND OUT: THE DAY BOLIVIA ANNIHILATED DIEGO MARADONA’S ARGENTINA
Adam Williams reports for These Football Times: April Fools’ Day is not widely celebrated in Argentina. For most Spanish-speaking countries, 28 December – Holy Innocents’ Day – is the equivalent window for far-fetched headlines and phantom pregnancies. But after hearing the news on 1 April 2009, legions must have though Latin America had adopted Western…
