Brújula Digital, El Diario: Internal debt, increased by more than 12,000 million Bolivians, is the highest in the history of Bolivia, which added to the external debt of the General State Treasury, has already exceeded 50% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Government affirms that 53% of the PGE will be destined for the…
Author: Bolivian Thoughts
Verdades que duelen a los Inca-lovers – Truths that hurt Inca-lovers
Andres Gomez, Página Siete: The “crooked road” of Choquehuanca Benito Mussolini wanted to go back to the past by rebuilding the Roman Empire. Before he became the new Caesar, his illusions crumbled because his foundations were lies. David Choquehuanca, vice president of the Republic of Bolivia, wants to go back to the past by rebuilding…
The city by the mountain of silver
Dennis Cassinelli, Nevada Appeal: Many years ago, a fabulous city sprang up on the slopes of an incredibly rich mountain of silver. The country was a high desert region of mountains and canyons. The miners soon found that the local native Indian tribes had to be tamed before the full potential of the silver strike…
Origen de conflictos – MAS – Origin of conflicts
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Uncertain times Civic leaders of Potosí hidden from judicial persecution, a march in their defense and a national council in preparation for January 15, configure, for the next few weeks, a conflictive perspective fueled by some government authorities and MAS leaders, a few days after the end of the year parties. Since…
Green-Energy Race Draws an American Underdog to Bolivia’s Lithium
By Clifford Krauss, The New York Times [lectura en español]: SALAR DE UYUNI, Bolivia — The mission was quixotic for a small Texas energy start-up: Beat out Chinese and Russian industrial giants in unlocking mineral riches that could one day power tens of millions of electric vehicles. A team traveled from Austin to Bolivia in late…
Odio masista – Masista hatred
Carlos Toranzo, Pagina Siete: Hate as a state policy It is not only the friend-enemy logic with which the regime operates, it implies that there are no political adversaries with whom to debate; no, there are only enemies to destroy; part of the criterion: you are with me or you are against me, and if…
