By Paulo Lizarraga, Vision 360: Pumari on his arrest: “Three years of cowardly kidnapping, carried out by some who believe their position is eternal” The former civic leader from Potosí is accused of the burning of the Departmental Electoral Tribunal in that region during the post-electoral conflicts of 2019. Marco Pumari was a civic leader…
Category: Crime and Violence
Another failed judicial election | Otra elección judicial fallida
By Brujula Digital, El Diario: Bolivia is one week away from another failed judicial election Bolivia heads toward voting in the judicial elections on Sunday, December 15, which will undoubtedly fail again, as did the previous two, where generally submissive magistrates accused of irregularities and considered mediocre were elected. This time, the situation is even…
Masismo’s Toxic Hatred | Odio malsano masista
Editorial, El Dia: The Machinery of Hatred During Evo Morales’ 14-year reign, Chapare became the darling of his regime. The coca grower dreamed of turning the Cochabamba tropics into a rival of Santa Cruz as the engine of Bolivia’s economy. He built airports, factories, massive industrial plants, roads, basic services everywhere, sports arenas, and all…
To vote or not to vote, that is the question | Votar o no votar, esa es la cuestión
Editorial, El Diario: After two years of debates, disputes, and turbulence in the Legislative Assembly, as well as in the Judicial, Electoral, and Executive branches, on December 15, judicial elections will finally take place to fill the 84 seats across various chambers of the country’s judicial system. The event will unfold amidst a heated political…
Incendios forestales en Bolivia queman un área récord, arrasando hogares y cultivos | Bolivia wildfires burn record area, scorching homes and farms
Por Monica Machicao y Daniel Ramos, Reuters; AOL: LA PAZ (Reuters) – Los incendios forestales en Bolivia han arrasado más de 10 millones de hectáreas (24,7 millones de acres) este año, principalmente en el trópico oriental del país, rompiendo récords de la peor temporada de incendios de su historia y quemando un área del tamaño…
After the MAS disaster that has left Bolivia in ruins | Después del desastre masista que ha dejado a Bolivia hecha trizas
By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, El Diario: “Pacted democracy” The masterminds of Indo-Spanish masismo (indigenous and mestizo figures alongside Spanish populists) gathered in their offices, filled with the scent of coca leaves, sweat, and garlic, concocting ideas to draft constitutions and laws that would dismantle Bolivia’s fragile democracy without it being apparent. They invented a host…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 