Tanya Imaña, El Deber: Interinstitutional Committee: the strike continues, but gives in that the census is no longer technically possible in 2023 The rector Vicente Cuéllar pointed out that the times are not enough for this to happen. Camacho asked that the law be approved on Thursday that guarantees that it will be carried out…
Month: November 2022
Santa Cruz will maintain the strike until Congress approves a law that sets the date of the census | Santa Cruz mantendrá el paro hasta que el Congreso apruebe una ley que fije la fecha del censo
By Kim Diaz, NewsTrace: The population that maintains the Unemployment in Santa Cruzthe largest Bolivian region, began to build Christmas trees at the points of street blockade as a symbol that the protest will continue until Parliament passes a law fixing the census date and ensure timely delivery of your final results. Day 32 of the strike, which took place this Tuesday,…
Rulers who hate | Gobernantes que odian
Photo El Deber: Página Siete: Rómulo Calvo: “What do we Cruceños do in a country that does not love us, with rulers who hate” The president of the Committee for Santa Cruz considers that the Government does not intend to listen and provide solutions to the demands of the people of Santa Cruz. After the…
An inept and incapable centralist government | Un inepto e incapaz gobierno centralista
By/Por Andrea Martinez, Monica Machicao & Daniel Ramos, Reuters: [1/2] A demonstrator releases a firecracker as people protest against the postponement of the 2023 population and housing census in Cochabamba, Bolivia, October 27, 2022. | Un manifestante lanza un petardo mientras la gente protesta contra el aplazamiento del censo de población y vivienda de 2023 en…
Yareta (Azorella compacta)
Máximo Liberman, Página Siete: Yareta, the extraordinary survivor of the Andes Its resin is used in traditional cough medicines and as an antimicrobial; its overexploitation marks it as an endangered species in the Red Book of Endangered Flora of Bolivia. The yareta or llareta, whose scientific name is Azorella compacta, belongs to the Apiaceae family;…
MAS: Callous delay | Retraso insensible
Editorial, El Deber: More callous procrastination with Santa Cruz There is a double standard that the national government is now showing by shortening, at least in appearance, the deadlines for delivery of the census results while the ruling party delays and hinders the treatment of the law in the Legislative Assembly. Yes, we already know…
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