Journalism under multidimensional violence In Bolivia, restriction on freedom of expression is high CHAPULTEPEC INDEX. “Bolivia gets worse in 2023.” With that phrase begins the executive summary of the Chapultepec Index for the last year referring to the country and which is titled “Journalism under multidimensional violence.” This barometer, which measures institutional actions on freedom…
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In the face of arson, the government’s response is ridiculous and almost non-existent! | Ante los incendios provocados, ¡la respuesta del gobierno es ridícula y casi nula!
Editorial, Los Tiempos: “We are burning” The fire is devastating the territories of five national parks and other unprotected areas, there are so many that the smoke from the fires reaches the cities, obscuring the sky, while the Government’s response to this catastrophe that it does not want to recognize is minuscule compared to the…
How long will we have to put up with Luis Arce’s speeches? | ¿Hasta cuándo tendremos que aguantar los discursos de Luis Arce?
Antonio Saravia, Brujula Digital: Luis Arce’s speech this past Wednesday, November 8, confirms that the president lives on another planet. Nothing he said in his hour-long rant even remotely resembles the reality that Bolivians face every day. The president insists that “we are on the right track” when shortages, queues, lack of dollars, informality and…
Hundreds of protesters take to the streets of the country against forest fires and environmental pollution | Cientos de manifestantes toman las calles del país contra los incendios forestales y la contaminación ambiental
Lourdes Molina, El Deber: This Monday there were several marches in different regions of the country “Without forests there is no water, there is no life, there is nothing,” read one of the signs of the protesters who participated in the national march for forests and water, which they called a few days ago and…
The environmental disaster that plagues the country | El desastre medioambiental que azota al país
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Bolivia faces a set of severe problems whose impact and significance exceed those of the political, economic and energy crises. These are environmental disasters that are causing a debacle in several regions of the country, threatening food security, and are aggravated by the absence of serious and effective initiatives to control their…
Day of Democratic Reaffirmation | Día de la Reafirmación Democrática
El Diario: Four years after Morales’ resignation Conade and platforms remember the Day of Democratic Reaffirmation Population mobilized after electoral fraud, 2019. Remembering that in 2019, the government of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) attempted to impose its will on the entire Bolivian society, through the cult of personality, establishing a corporate-based totalitarian regime, under…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 