By Lourdes Molina, El Deber: The country has recorded 41 days of unrest and more than a month of road blockades in different departments, led by groups aligned with the Central Obrera Boliviana and the Evo Morales movement. José Gabriel Espinoza, Minister of Economy, reported that the damage caused by the 41 days of conflict…
Category: Crime and Violence
Drug trafficking linked to the protests | Narcotráfico vinculado a las protestas
By LHP, Eju.tv: Carlos Toranzo points to drug trafficking as a financier of the blockades and mobilizations The analyst stated that behind the mobilizations there are structures that benefit from illegal economies and from privileges accumulated over two decades. He maintains that part of the blockaders act due to economic pressure or fear of reprisals…
Evo Morales Has Surpassed Us | Evo Morales nos ha sobrepasado
Editorial, El Dia: It is surprising that, after nearly two decades in power, there are still people who describe Evo Morales merely as a union leader or as the protagonist of a conventional political administration. Even more surprising is that many continue to interpret Bolivia’s current events as simple social conflicts disconnected from his legacy….
Chapare Defies the State | El Chapare Desafía al Estado
By Baldwin Montero, Vision 360: Tension Focuses on the Chapare: Government Points to a Narcoterrorist Movement and Coca Growers Announce Civil Disobedience “The Tropics region will organize itself, we will defend ourselves, we have no other choice. If the government truly wants to subdue us, it will have to kill the more than 250,000 members…
The Country That Is Beginning to Be Born | El país que empieza a nacer
By Antonio Saravia, Eju.tv: Could it be that these terrible days of anguish and suffering represent the painful birth of a new country? Could it be that this is the rock bottom we had to hit in order to finally rebuild a nation set once again on the path of progress? The roadblock organizers from…
The Red Lines of Social Conflicts | Las líneas rojas de la conflictividad social
By Francesco Zaratti: India’s independence from the British Empire was not achieved through armed rebellion or terrorist strategies, but through a pacifist movement, inspired and led by Mahatma Gandhi, which undermined the moral foundations of a colonial occupation that had subjugated 400 million people for two centuries. Non-violent resistance against repression and civil disobedience against…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 