By Renzo Abruzzese, Brujula Digital: The saga Game of Thrones portrays in dramatic form how the quest for power can destroy both individuals and states and governments — and the lesson it leaves us is that only cooperation and political maturity can, or at least aspire to, build lasting leadership. We Bolivians are experiencing a bit of…
Month: October 2025
Agroecological municipalities free of mining activity | Municipios agroecológicos libres de actividad minera
By Agencia de Noticias Ambientales, Erbol: Municipalities and Indigenous Peoples ask Paz and Lara for definitive rejection of mining requests in those territories Through a letter addressed to the president- and vice president-elect, Rodrigo Paz and Edman Lara respectively, sent by Indigenous peoples, mayors’ offices and civil society organizations, they requested the definitive rejection of…
Five deaths the government can’t explain | Cinco muertes incómodas para el poder
By Paulo Lizárraga, Vision 360: With the death of Judge Lea Plaza, there are now five “key deaths” in controversial cases connected to the government of Luis Arce With the death of the former judge of Coroico is added the “key witness” of the ABC case, Felipe Sandy; the former intervener of Banco Fassil, Juan…
Governorship enacts law for the protection and conservation of the bufeo | Gobernación promulga ley de protección y conservación del bufeo
By Opinion: Governor Humberto Sánchez, during his visit to the municipality of Puerto Villarroel, enacted and delivered this Saturday two departmental laws, 1225 and 1221. The highest authority of the department arrived in the municipality of Puerto Villarroel, accompanied by departmental assembly member Dámaris Orihuela and technicians, to officially deliver to the Civic Committee the…
A government on life support | Un gobierno con marcapasos
By Fernando Chávez, Vision 360: Foreign press: Rodrigo Paz, at the head of a Government born with a “pacemaker” and no resources An analyst foresees the birth of an administration with deep weaknesses — “more like a short-lived transitional government.” Rodrigo Paz with Edman Lara in the first press conference after the electoral victory. Photo:…
The Indigenist Imposture Collapsed | Se derrumbó la impostura indigenista
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: The MAS’s discourse, prior to the 2005 elections, had nothing indigenist about it — nor did its organic intellectuals. The left-wing NGOs, which were practically all of them, pushed a revolutionary nationalist program, anti-U.S. imperialism, anti-private enterprise, defending nationalizations of natural resources, promoting a state-run economy, betting on corporatist-style social…
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