Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: Since May 1st, Bolivia has faced an escalating wave of blockades, violent confrontations, attacks on police, assaults against journalists, shortages of fuel and food, and the paralysis of highways across multiple departments. What began as sector protests has evolved into a nationwide campaign of pressure designed to destabilize the country through fear,…
Category: Crime and Violence
Change or Collapse | Cambio o Colapso
By Brújula Digital: Ronald MacLean Recommends Renewing the Cabinet to Advance the Change of Model The former minister revived a controversial phrase attributed to Paz Estenssoro: “Hopefully people like you, even better if they respect you. But if they neither like nor respect you as a government, then they must fear you.” Ronald MacLean on…
Police Clash With Road Blockers | Choques Entre Policías y Bloqueadores
By Lourdes Molina, El Deber: Police and protesters resisting the operation reported clashing The “Humanitarian Corridor” operation began in the early hours of Saturday morning and was still ongoing around 8:30 a.m. At least 13 people are known to have been arrested. Although police and military forces cleared several access roads to the cities of…
Population Rejects Vandalism and Refutes Government Inaction | Población rechaza vandalismo y refuta inacción del Gobierno
By El Diario: Amid the climate of uncertainty, residents of the city of La Paz expressed their rejection of the acts of vandalism carried out by radical groups that generated fear yesterday; therefore, they refuted the Government authorities’ inaction, a situation that puts the country’s stability at risk. Damage to public property, destruction of businesses,…
Bolivia: No Puede Gobernarse Mediante la Política del Asedio | Cannot Govern Itself Through Siege Politics
Editorial, Pensamientos Bolivianos: La Constitución boliviana no establece un “veto callejero” sobre gobiernos elegidos democráticamente. Establece una república democrática regida por elecciones, sucesión constitucional, separación de poderes y procedimientos institucionales. Esa diferencia importa hoy, cuando sectores de la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) y organizaciones aliadas llaman abiertamente a la renuncia del presidente Rodrigo Paz apenas…
It Has Already Gone Too Far… | Ya está de buen tamaño…
By Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: It’s already gone too far that little union bosses keep paralyzing the country whenever they please. In a nation like ours, wrecked after the blue hurricane that destroyed everything and lasted 20 years, one cannot demand that, in six months, hydrocarbons suddenly become abundant, highways be left in perfect condition,…
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