Juan Cristobal Soruco, Pagina Siete4: The Stumbles of History The first days of the new MAS government show that its operators have not understood the messages of the citizens, and are doomed to take over the state administration, persecute their adversaries and pay homage to what seemed to be unnameable. The last wise up has…
Year: 2020
Ola de calor – Heat wave
El Diario: According to Senamhi Heat wave in the eastern part of the country surpasses historical levels The localities most affected by high temperatures are located in the eastern Amazon and Chiquitania, Santa Cruz and Beni. In Cobija 37.8 degrees, surpassing the historical record of 36.6 reported in 2008 The heat wave that has overwhelmed…
Confusión – Disarray
Lupe Cajias, El Deber: Cultures between two discourses What can Bolivians expect from the new Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization and Depatriarchalization? The act of possession counted on the presence of the deep multicultural and multilingual nation; beautiful fabrics, beautiful music, lots of hugs. The second look is more worrisome: why was Sabina Orellana Cruz named…
Reformas necesarias – Crisis – Necessary reforms
Los Tiempos: CEPB suggests reforms in 7 areas to get out of the crisis The Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia (CEPB) has proposed to the government of President Luis Arce Catacora to apply structural reforms in seven fiscal areas to overcome the economic crisis with sustainability and projection into the next decade. The first…
The Mysterious Sajama Lines
Heritage Daily: The Sajama Lines is an ancient network of pre-Hispanic linear paths, located in the altiplano, or highlands of western Bolivia near the Nevado Sajama volcano. The web of lines covers an area of 22,525 square kilometres (almost fifteen times larger than the Nazca lines situated over a thousand kilometres away), and ran a combined length…
No más – evo – No more
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: We want new people It may be the first time that the whole country, everybody, coincide with some masistas. Those who yelled at the coca grower Morales, in his face, “We want new people” were telling him that they don’t want him. Neither him nor his entourage. Courage is needed to…
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