Ilya Fortún, Brujula Digital: The MAS playing on another court The crisis of representation throughout the political spectrum (both in the ruling party and in the opposition), marks the exhaustion of a relatively long cycle that began after the collapse of the previous political system, around the year 2000. The Movement towards Socialism, which was…
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Charges of sedition and conspiracy against Añez | Cargos de sedición y conspiración contra Añez
Erbol, El Diario: Prosecutor’s Office withdraws charges of sedition and conspiracy against Añez in Coup I case The Prosecutor’s Office has ordered the dismissal of the former president of the State, Jeanine Añez Chávez, for the crimes of sedition and conspiracy in the case called coup d’état I, in which she still must face a…
The cries of the wolf | Los lamentos del lobo
Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: If we did not know Evo Morales, many of us would be dismayed by his lamentations or even some of us would start crying. He speaks from his radio Kawsachum Coca, in his Sunday program, and leaves the impression that an honest and inexperienced, as well as upright citizen, has been…
Under the Masista government, another record is broken with cocaine | Bajo el gobierno masista, se bate otro récord con cocaína
Editorial, El Diario: Bolivia breaks another record with cocaine In recent times the Government has been boasting of achieving a series of economic records, to the satisfaction of observers of the country’s economy. Among them, the records of future industrialization, the increase in exports, the lowest inflation in South America and many others were noted….
Is Evo Morales against the country? | ¿Está Evo Morales contra el país?
Editorial, El Deber: In the complex political landscape of Bolivia, the figure of former president Evo Morales has become a prominent protagonist and opponent, since his former Minister of Economy Luis Arce assumed the Presidency. The recent decision of the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) to annul the indefinite presidential re-election has marked a milestone, leaving…
Lack of institutionality | Carencia de institucionalidad
Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: We lost the Pacific War because Bolivia had a weak State that did not have a presence in its entire territory, with ravenous institutions; on the other hand, Chile had developed a solid State with more efficient institutions than those that existed in Bolivia. Many scholars of the Bolivian reality…
