Editorial, El Pais: Behind these illegal mining activities there is planning, financing, and a chain of interests that can hardly be described as spontaneous. The discovery of new illegal mining camps in the highlands of Tarija is not an isolated incident. It confirms that a clandestine activity is beginning to take root, taking advantage of…
Category: Crime and Violence
Unacceptable Lack of Self-Criticism | Inaceptable ausencia de autocrítica
Editorial, El Diario: After more than fifty days of violent protest marches and brutal road blockades, a period of calm has finally arrived for most of the population affected by such pressure tactics. The city of La Paz has been particularly harmed, as it is frequently a center of social unrest due to its status…
Bolivia: Needs a Wartime Economy | Necesita una economía de guerra
Editorial, El Dia: Germany was in ruins in 1945, destroyed by war and suffocated by the price controls imposed by the Nazi regime. Bolivia is going through a similar situation: devastated after 53 days of criminal road blockades that wiped out more than $1 billion, destroyed foreign markets, and cost lives. Bolivia needs its own…
Economic Recovery at Risk | Reactivación en Riesgo
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Analyst Warns Economic Recovery Will Be Very Difficult Without Punishment for Those Who Promoted Road Blockades As long as there is no certainty that this will not happen again, it will be very difficult to convince people to invest in La Paz and establish businesses in Bolivia, at least in…
Criminal Complaint Against Edmand Lara, Evo Morales, Mario Argollo, Nilton Condori, and Vicente Salazar | Demanda penal contra Edmand Lara, Evo Morales, Mario Argollo, Nilton Condori y Vicente Salazar
By Diana Doria Medina, Unitel: Union Leader Announces Criminal Complaint Against Edmand Lara, Evo Morales, Mario Argollo, Nilton Condori, and Vicente Salazar “There are five people responsible here, and up to today, the Prosecutor’s Office should have placed precautionary liens on the assets of these individuals,” said union leader Toño Siñani. [Photo: APG] / The…
The Social Conflict Brought Out Atavistic Ideas About Origins and Rights | El conflicto social sacó a relucir atavismos sobre orígenes y derechos
By Juan José Toro, Brújula Digital: The road blockades and the narrative promoted by their instigators revived an anachronistic view of race and origin, disregarding more than 200 years of evolution in the concepts of nationality and naturalization. The decree of August 11, 1825 granted Bolivian nationality to those who fought at Junín and Ayacucho….
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 