Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: Political Roadblocks Destroy Jobs, Food Supplies, and Millions of Dollars While the Country Pays the Price Roadblocks driven by a radicalized minority are destroying the national economy and punishing, above all, the Bolivians who work and produce. While groups tied to the Evo movement, Chapare coca growers, sectors of the “ponchos rojos,”…
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Calls Grow for Government to Enforce the Law Against Blockades | Crecen pedidos para que Gobierno aplique la ley ante los bloqueos
By El Diario: Speeches Continue, but No Action The prolonged blockades restricting access to and from La Paz and El Alto have intensified public frustration and opened a new front of demands toward the Government. Residents, transport workers, merchants, and health-related sectors are demanding that the Executive move from public statements to concrete actions to…
President Paz Facing a Sea of Problems | El presidente Paz ante un mar de problemas
Editorial, El Diario: Bolivia’s current reality is highly complex, worsened by twenty years of populist governments that led the country into a critical situation and to the brink of incredible circumstances. It is within that environment that Bolivia’s current president struggles. Amid this negative scenario, the country’s leader seeks a compass to guide him in…
“The rock weighed more than the future” | “La piedra pesó más que el futuro”
By El Deber: “The rock weighed more than the future”: Cainco’s harsh criticism at the opening of the WCF Americas Summit Before leaders from five continents, Jean Pierre Antelo contrasted the “Bolivia that produces” with the Bolivia of road blockades. There were strong criticisms of paralysis and political inaction. The highways connecting Bolivia today display the same…
IMF Meets with Government and Business Leaders | FMI se reúne con el Gobierno y empresarios
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Technical IMF Mission Meets with Government and Business Leaders in Santa Cruz The IMF is moving closer to Bolivia, which requires financial assistance / Photo: Internet The rapprochement comes amid negotiations promoted by the government to access a possible external financing program of up to $3 billion, and in a…
Conspiracies Against Democracy | Conspiraciones contra la democracia
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: Even before the electoral runoff, it was known that Evo Morales would not remain still; his non-electoral Plan B was to destabilize whichever government came to power. It was the chronicle of an announced conspiracy, now already underway. Lara’s presence alongside Loza in Cochabamba is the explicit manifestation of that…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 