Renzo Abruzzese, Pagina Siete: The empire of post-truth We witness the sudden death of public morality, political honesty, respected image and all the ways in which, until not long ago, humans recognized the signs of certainty, the signs that something or someone instilled confidence. We assist the empire of post-truth. Under the term post-truth, all…
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Political persecution – Persecución política
Erbol, El Dia: The whereabouts of the former authority are unknown López denounces the Government for abuse of power and persecution The former Defense Minister, Fernando López, was declared in absentia by the justice in the Senkata case. The former Minister of Defense, Fernando López, who was declared in absentia by the courts in the…
Despicable funnel – Embudo despreciable
William Herrera, El Dia: Funnel Law perfected The MAS government has perfected the Funnel Law: broad, condescending and relaxed for the ruling party and strict and rigorous for the opponents. And as a sample is enough a button, the former president Jeanine Áñez governed a year and is deprived of her freedom in a jail…
Blows to history – Golpes a la historia
Hernan Terrazas, Los Tiempos: The problem with not having written our history well is that anyone comes, reinvents it and the great confusion sets in. At the beginning of the 90s of the last century, for example, someone came up with the brilliant idea of affirming that the coca leaf grown in the Chapare was…
Whims – Caprichos
Editorial, El Diario: Exigencies, strikes and bulk extremes All labor and business organizations in the country, as well as most of the institutions, have vast experiences on what the extremes identified as strikes, demonstrations, protests, walkouts, blockades and others bring to the country; on the other hand, they know what the “last consequences” mean, a…
Unfinished coups – Golpes inconclusos
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Memories of the present Something is wrong in Bolivia. We had the scepter of being the country with the most coups, but the last two have been made by apprentices. We could have written the Larousse on the coups d’état, but we have flunked. If it is true that in November…
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