Editorial, Pagina Siete: The power before the throne Former President Evo Morales is not the power behind the throne, he is the power in front of the throne because he exercises it in the sight and patience of President Luis Arce and of all those who voted for the current president. For example, he met…
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Indigenous corruption? – ¿Corrupción indígena?
Pedro Portugal, Pagina Siete: The «indigenous» corruption in the MAS It is strange that during the administration that should have done the most to vindicate the figure of the Indian, it was mostly stigmatized as corrupt, indecent and unreliable. The MAS came to the government on the crest of the culturalist wave that falsified the…
Many loose ends – Muchos cabos sueltos
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Difficult moment for Bolivians. At times it seems that they have two governments and then they have the feeling that they do not even have one. The coca grower Morales dispatches from the Chapare. There he receives foreign chancellor ministers and the creme de la creme of the Santa Cruz business…
Unemployment – Desempleo
Editorial, Pagina Siete: The worrying unemployment figures Bolivian workers have arrived on May 1 in the middle of the worst economic crisis caused by the pandemic and with the highest unemployment rate in recent years, which as of February reaches 8.93%, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). According to the Millennium…
The world watches Arce – El mundo mira a Arce
Editorial, Pagina Siete: If President Luis Arce believed that the persecution undertaken by his government against former President Jeanine Añez and her collaborators would not have a cost for his administration, he was wrong. The European Parliament approved by 396 votes in favor, 267 against and 28 abstentions, a very harsh resolution that condemns “the…
Luis Arce: a true leader? – ¿un verdadero líder?
NOT! It is enough to see the waste of the previous 14 years, it is enough to see that evo meets with businessmen in the Chapare, usurping functions and dispensing with the Executive, ignoring Luis. It is enough to verify that he does NOT have economic or health policies, nothing! As president, he is just…
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