Editorial, El Deber: Budget with debt and for spending The General State Budget (PGE) that the Legislative Assembly will discuss today is a project with many questions, which will be financed 40 percent with debts, and of the total income, 57 percent will be allocated to current expenses, that is mainly salaries of more than…
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Despilfarro masista – Masista squandering
En la Mira, Página Siete: Arce will spend more than Morales As Minister of Economy, Luis Arce Catacora caused controversy in 2019, when in a television program he stated that with 100 Bolivians it was possible to buy the products of the family basket. A year later, as a candidate, he assured that he never…
Legado masista – AASANA – Masista legacy
Editorial, Página Siete: Aasana, the work of MAS Everything indicates that the Administration of Airports and Air Navigation Services (Aasana) was indefensible, but we must not lose sight of the fact that, although it was an autonomous entity in name, it was in charge of the central government, which has already been in power. 15…
UN Committee lashes out at Bolivia’s judiciary for lack of independence
Merco Press [Español: El Diario]: The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) Friday published a series of findings which hit authorities from the Plurinational State of Bolivia as well as from countries in other continents (including Sweden). The CAT’s report highlights positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,…
Mercury has catastrophic consequences on Bolivian indigenous peoples, UN experts say
Merco Press [For Spanish version Pagina Siete]: United Nations specialists have sent the Bolivian Government a “Letter of Allegations” after finding irregularities resulting from the unauthorized use of mercury which has brought up environmental and human rights consequences, it was reported Wednesday. UN rapporteurs Marcos Orellana (toxic substances and human rights) and José Francisco Cali…
¿Existe institucionalidad y respeto de las instituciones? – Is there institutionality and respect for institutions?
Carlos Toranzo, Pagina Siete: Democracy or authoritarianism Since 2016, when the Referendum was held, Bolivia has been facing this dilemma, democracy or authoritarianism, others prefer to say that it is about the opposition between democracy versus dictatorship, on the other hand, there are many who refer to the confrontation between democracy and autocracy. This last…
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