By Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: El biodiesel: another example of the MAS model The model didn’t work, nor was it going to work because there was no investment. The economy grew because exports increased due to a rise in international prices like never before in history. As there was no investment in previous years,…
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The threat of upheaval reveals Evo Morales’ desperation | Amenaza de convulsión evidencia la desesperación de Evo Morales
By Melvy Ruiz, El Diario, Eju.tv: Observers warn of desperation within the ‘evismo’ movement to keep their leader relevant and support his aspirations to participate in the general elections as the candidate of the blue party. Rejecting the announcements of social upheaval made by leaders of the ‘evista’ wing within the Movement for Socialism (MAS), national…
What are we going to live off of? | ¿De qué vamos a vivir?
Editorial, El Dia: This very question was asked several times by the coca grower Morales. Once, when he sought to initiate oil exploration in national parks without the permission of indigenous peoples. Another time, when he justified the slash-and-burn farming that destroyed millions of hectares in Santa Cruz, Beni, and Cochabamba. He also said something…
Gold Mining: A State-Sanctioned Scourge in Bolivia | Minería de oro: un flagelo autorizado por el Estado en Bolivia
By María Fernanda Ramírez, InSight Crime: Bolivia is in the midst of a gold rush caused by record gold prices and growing international demand. This gold rush has been facilitated by permissive mining regulations that blur the line between legal and illegal. The spread of mining throughout the country and the broader Amazon in the last…
Who is really Luis Arce? | ¿Quién es realmente Luis Arce?
By Puka Reyesvilla, Brujula Digital: Manual of the Perfect Tilín Originally, the nickname “Tilín” was given with an obvious derogatory connotation. The precedent is a short video of a boy whom a voice (the face of whom is not seen) encourages, increasingly enthusiastically, to perform a series of antics. It is clear that it refers…
MAS is a criminal organization | El MAS es una organización criminal
By Mónica Briançon Messinger, El Potosi: Dirty “suicides” Dirty panorama. Disgusting. Heart-wrenching. There’s no possible explanation for two former national authorities to have “decided” to end their lives, leaving behind a letter declaring themselves not guilty. The first case shook the Bolivian public opinion. It affected, causing intense media tremors, but then, as always, it…
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