El Diario: Questioning why the ministries of Rural Development and Environment and Water have yet to issue the corresponding reports on a bill presented in 2023 to address the problem of forest fires, Marcelo Pedrazas, a deputy from Comunidad Ciudadana (CC), called for investigations into the crime of “failure to perform duties” against authorities who…
Month: September 2024
The Bolivian Pontius Pilate and the seven plagues | El Poncio Pilatos boliviano y las siete plagas
By Napoleón Pacheco, Brújula Digital: On the night of Sunday, September 8, President Luis Arce presented himself as the Bolivian Pontius Pilate. Why? He claimed that the reason for the dollar shortage, one of the symptoms of the crisis, was Evo Morales, as he “did not take care” of the “nationalization” since there was no…
Santa Cruz, the older brother | Santa Cruz, el hermano mayor
By Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: Santa Cruz is the largest department of Bolivia in every sense: territorial, population, business, economy, etc. Santa Cruz is the older brother of the departments, and the father is the centralist, abusive, and dictatorial state, which resides in La Paz (La Paz, as a department, is the second oldest…
An environmental pause is not enough to stop ecocide | Una pausa ambiental no basta para frenar ecocidio
El Diario: They describe it as a deceptive measure The policies of Evo Morales’ government, continued by Luis Arce, amount to ecocide, biocide, and even environmental genocide, as the fires not only reduced millions of hectares of forest to ashes, but also had a catastrophic impact on indigenous and rural communities, according to lawyer Franz…
Rising inflation | Inflación en aumento
By Aldo Aguilera, El Dia: Bolivia has the third-highest inflation in the region, only behind Argentina and Venezuela Inflation in August was 1.58%, and the 12-month rate is 5.19%, according to the state-run National Institute of Statistics. The issue of inflation, which went unnoticed during the first three years of Luis Arce’s administration and was…
Incendiary laws with police repression, arrest of an activist | Leyes incendiarias con represión policial, captura de activista
Brujula Digital: March against incendiary laws faces harsh police repression, they use tear gas and arrest an activist Demonstration marched through the city’s main streets. Photo: APG Hundreds of activists mobilized on Wednesday night in the city of La Paz, demanding action against the fires that have devastated nearly four million hectares of forests and…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 