Chicken Shortage Looms | Se avecina escasez de pollo

By Bolivia Tv, Eju.Tv: Impact of road blockades will be felt until July with reduced chicken meat supply, poultry farmers warn Cochabamba “received around 500,000 fewer baby chicks, when the department normally receives approximately 1.3 million baby chicks per week,” revealed the vice president of the Cochabamba Poultry Farmers Association (ADA), Iván Carreón. The road…

Demonstrations in Five Bolivian Cities Demanded an End to the Road Blockades | Movilizaciones en cinco ciudades de Bolivia exigieron el fin de los bloqueos de carreteras

By EFE, Unitel: The marches took place in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, the central city of Cochabamba, as well as Trinidad, Oruro, and Sucre, with slogans against the blockades and “in defense of democracy” [Photo: APG] / A person holds the Bolivian flag during a march for democracy. Citizens from different sectors in…

President Paz Facing a Sea of Problems | El presidente Paz ante un mar de problemas

Editorial, El Diario: Bolivia’s current reality is highly complex, worsened by twenty years of populist governments that led the country into a critical situation and to the brink of incredible circumstances. It is within that environment that Bolivia’s current president struggles. Amid this negative scenario, the country’s leader seeks a compass to guide him in…

“The rock weighed more than the future” | “La piedra pesó más que el futuro”

By El Deber: “The rock weighed more than the future”: Cainco’s harsh criticism at the opening of the WCF Americas Summit Before leaders from five continents, Jean Pierre Antelo contrasted the “Bolivia that produces” with the Bolivia of road blockades. There were strong criticisms of paralysis and political inaction. The highways connecting Bolivia today display the same…