Bolivia Held Hostage by Blockades | Bolivia rehén de los bloqueos

By Diego Ayo, Brujula Digital: Why Do the COB and Other Actors Keep Blockading? The media speaks of social actors on the move—miners, peasants, teachers, COB leaders—with the same revolutionary tone heard at the beginning of the millennium. It would seem we are talking about the same actors. They are not. Those earlier marchers moved with an…

Saving Bolivia Before Collapse | Salvar a Bolivia Antes del Colapso

Editorial, El Dia: There Is a Need to Save the Country Bolivia is on the brink, and the worst part is that it continues moving toward the abyss. This is neither rhetoric nor catastrophism: it is a diagnosis confirmed by the numbers, the conflicts, and recent history. The current government inherited a country in ruins—hollowed…

A Crash, A Mob, A Collapse | Un accidente, una turba y un colapso

Pensamientos Bolivianos: Hércules FAB-81: el accidente que expuso una cadena de negligencias y el derrumbe de todas las defensas La tragedia del 27 de febrero en El Alto dejó 24 muertos, más de 40 heridos y un cargamento de 17,1 millones de billetes nuevos disperso entre cadáveres y turbas; dos meses después, las investigaciones confirman…

Structural Reform or More Delay? | ¿Reforma estructural o más demora?

By Juan Marcelo Gonzáles, Red Uno: Dunn: “Bolivia needs structural reforms, not just dialogue” Analyst Jaime Dunn commented on President Rodrigo Paz’s message, stressing that dialogue must be a means for making decisions, not a mechanism for postponing the urgent reforms the country needs. Photo: Jaime Dunn, analyst Analyst Jaime Dunn carried out an analysis of President Rodrigo…

CHIPPED APART | ASTILLADOS

By Oscar Antezana: The conclusion of the gubernatorial elections, in which ruling-party leaders won in two of the country’s nine governorships, in some way reflects the discontent after six months of Paz Pereira’s administration. The delayed reforms that have been announced for months also create discouragement. Or the fact that commitments are signed with international organizations…