Pagina Siete’s editorial: The accompaniment to President Morales Evo Morales, the President of the State, usually travels with some frequency throughout the national territory to inaugurate any type of work that would have been finished, present others which are initiated or are in stage of final design project as usually he labels them. It is…
Category: Health
Bolivia under induced coma or just central government failures to honor Bolivian society?!
Susana Seleme writes for El Deber: Induced coma Induced coma is a sedation under medical control to cause loss of consciousness in a seriously ill person. Applies to control anxiety, calming the patient, diminish physical pain, minimize psychological traumas and induce amnesia. Are those the reasons why keeping President Hugo Chávez de Venezuela in that…
Bolivian current president may have finally spoken the truth regarding coca/cocaine
Carlos Valverde’s bright description of what coca-leaf & cocaine really are, from El Deber: Did I heard wrong, or at the end he said it? The next battle is going to be how to export coca leaf… must comply with some data that does not contain any alkaloid… But of course, if the product is…
Bolivian Sociology 101: The conservative nature of the doctrines of decolonization
El Dia published this incredibly in-depth analysis of how the indigenous people in Bolivia continue to be played by people who claim to be protectors of mother earth, the socialists of the 21st century and protectors of the coca… The conservative nature of the doctrines of decolonization To understand the theories of decolonization, very popular…
The salary increase
Alberto Bonadona’s article in Pagina Siete: The salary increase The request for a salary of more than Bs8,000 by the trade unions is more a pose than a conviction. The Government will conclude the annual routine with the usual struggle and will award an increase around five per cent, which exceeds the rise of the…
Is Bolivia prepared for “mercantilism” or “liberalism”?
The following article from Dani Rodrik should serve us as food for thought: whether Bolivia is going on the right trend, or are we still missing economic, political direction? From: The New Mercantilistic Challenge CAMBRIDGE – The history of economics is largely a struggle between two opposing schools of thought, “liberalism” and “mercantilism.” Economic liberalism,…
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