By José Gabriel Espinoza, Brujula Digital: As expected, Luis Arce has linked the cycle of mobilizations that began this week to the political aspirations of Evo Morales. According to President Arce, the blockades and marches have a single objective: securing Morales’ candidacy for the 2025 presidential elections. First fact: Arce is willing to strengthen Morales’…
Month: September 2024
Bolivia, Is it a Failed State? | Bolivia, ¿Es un Estado fallido?
By Carlos Dabdoub Arrien, Eju.tv: The Bolivian state has adopted various styles of government in the past hundred years. Some of them have been known as liberalism, nationalism, military dictatorship, neoliberalism, or populism. However, none of them have adequately resolved the country’s economic, political, social, and cultural situation, to the point where, nowadays, people speak…
The State is neither Evo nor Lucho | El Estado no es ni Evo ni Lucho
Editorial, El Deber: “I am the State,” is the phrase attributed to Louis XIV, the absolutist king of France, when he imposed his power with a heavy hand against any rebellion attempt. Four hundred years later, another politician acts under the same logic: Evo Morales, who claims that marching to impose his own candidacy is…
The Libertarian Revolutions of Cochabamba in 1810 and 1811 | Las revoluciones libertarias de 1810 y de 1811 de Cochabamba
By Luis Antezana Ergueta, Alejandro Antezana Salvatierra, El Diario: Part I According to an erroneous teaching of Bolivia’s official history, it is claimed that Cochabamba’s revolution on September 14, 1810, lasted two years and ended on May 27, 1812, the date of the Battle of La Coronilla. This version is incorrect, as that 1810 revolution…
The Ponchos Rojos have set up roadblocks at least in five points in La Paz | Ponchos Rojos instalan bloqueos en al menos cinco puntos carreteros de La Paz
By Erbol, Opinion: According to their leaders, they will not lift their protest until government authorities step down and call for early general elections. Since early this Monday, the Federación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de La Paz “Tupac Katari” has begun blocking roads at various points throughout the department of La Paz, demanding the…
Arce and Morales exchange threats, leaving Bolivia on edge | Arce y Morales cruzan amenazas y Bolivia se encuentra en vilo
By Baldwin Montero, Vision 360: MAS The former president confirmed the start of the Caracollo to La Paz march, vowing not to let the MAS or his candidacy be destroyed. Luis Arce responded in a national broadcast, urging him not to endanger the country for personal ambitions. Former president Evo Morales and his supporters have…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 