The Loss of Our Dignity | La pérdida de nuestra dignidad

By Antonio Saravia, Brujula Digital: We lack gasoline, diesel, dollars, medicine, meat, and rice. Inflation runs rampant (nobody trusts the INE). We can’t travel on roads, and the maze of taxes and regulations crushes private enterprise, condemning us to informality. We live blocked, helplessly watching as political power fills the news with scandals while lining…

evo: “Financed by Drug Trafficking, Acts Against the Country” | “Financiado por el narcotráfico, actúa contra el país”

Brujula Digital: Bolivians Denounce to the International Community that Morales, Financed by Drug Trafficking, Acts Against the Country They also denounce the “incompetence” of current President Luis Arce to restore internal order in the country amidst blockades that have caused massive losses for businesses and hardships for the general population. Evista Blockade. Photo: ABI Bolivian…

The Power of the Defeated | El poder de los vencidos

By Renzo Abruzzese, Brujula Digital: Evo Morales finally called for an end to the blockade, no doubt persuaded by the overwhelming public rejection that the measure generated across nearly every segment of Bolivian society. Furthermore, the confrontation (at least on a rhetorical level) revealed that the “evista” vision of power has become anchored only among…

The End of the MAS Narrative | El fin de la narrativa del MAS

By Hernan Terrazas, Brujula Digital: If Evo Morales’ objective is achieved, he would be the first person charged with statutory rape to negotiate his case through international mediation. Incredibly, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights itself is advocating for a dialogued resolution to a conflict that has held part of the country in suspense for…