By Matthew Bristow and Sergio Mendoza, Bloomberg, Yahoo News: Bolivia’s Boom Has Turned to Bust, Fueling an Unlikely Presidential Comeback Bid (Bloomberg) — In the thin air of El Alto, just below the Andean snowline, shoppers hunt for bargains at stalls selling cheap shoes, school books, cookware or counterfeit clothing. Signs of Bolivia’s emerging financial…
Month: April 2024
Urgent Call to Presidential Candidates | Llamado urgente a los aspirantes a la presidencia
This call is not a desperate plea for opposition unity. On the contrary, it presents presidential hopefuls with a clear and concrete roadmap to achieve a feasible goal: determining which of them has the best chances of defeating the MAS. This call is directed at two groups. It addresses opposition pre-candidates hoping to win the…
Warming, deforestation, and pollution | Calentamiento, deforestación y contaminación
By Deisy Ortiz Duran, El Deber: The warming, deforestation, and pollution are the wounds of Mother Earth in Bolivia It is the third country with the most forest coverage in South America, but it also faces deforestation, pollution, and the effects of climate change that strike across the country. Bolivia is a privileged region with…
Ideological Warfare: Unveiling MAS Tactics | Guerra Ideológica: Revelando las Tácticas del MAS
By Jhonny Vargas, El Diario: The MAS Strategy He who tells us the truth, even if bitter, is sincere and respectful of the individual and the country. He who flatters us, deceives and harms us, is interested in dominating and exploiting us, seeking to do so with a nation. This is serious because the consequences…
The Jesuits’ musical legacy: A mission opera debuts in Bolivia | El legado musical de los jesuitas: Se estrena una ópera misional en Bolivia
By Phillip Alcon Ganir, S.J., America Magazine: Scott Loudon and his team filming his documentary, ‘Anonimo’ (photo courtesy of Scott Loudon) Like many other films that suffered financially during the Covid-19 pandemic, Scott Loudon’s documentary on the music of the Jesuit reductions in South America stalled. But the project never died. Loudon’s faith as a Protestant evangelical…
The international community and democracy in Bolivia | La comunidad internacional y la democracia en Bolivia
By Andres Gomez, Vision 360: The European Economic Community, the Latin American community, and the democratic countries of the world should take seriously the signals from the Arce government. President Luis Arce greeted, in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 30, the antidemocratic actions of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. It wasn’t…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 