Rafael Sosa, El Dia: Health and economy How to find the balance? Providing information on the prevention of Covid-19 and testing campaigns can become much more effective measures than rigid quarantines in Bolivia, where there is talk of emphasizing economic reactivation, said Pablo Mendieta, an economist at the Bolivian Center for Economic Studies of the…
Category: Health
Gobierno inactivo – Dormant government
Editorial, Página Siete: Inaction against the coronavirus Scientists have been warning for months that there would be a second wave of coronavirus infections. This was tragically demonstrated first in Europe, where the second wave has been devastating. Since the new coronavirus pandemic began, 568,000 people have died in Europe. Most of these deaths have taken…
Gobierno adormecido – Sleepy government
Página Siete: Dangerous lines The government does not seem to have realized the risk involved in people standing in endless lines in the streets, day and night, to renew their driver’s license or identity card. You don’t have to be a scientist to realize that these lines may be spreading the coronavirus through crowding and…
Postergar elecciones – Postpone elections
Jesus R. Alanoca, El Deber: Former minister proposes to postpone subnational elections for 60 days due to the outbreak of Covid-19 Ortiz recently walked away from the Democrats. He considers that authorities carry out electoral calculations that put the health of the population at risk The former minister and former candidate for the Presidency, Óscar…
Arce contra Arce – Arce against himself
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: President Luis Arce decided, in the third month of his mandate, to observe the situation of the Chinese virus pandemic in the country and for that he hired dozens of masistas to go to all regions. Before these Masista missionaries leave, here are some information that could help them about the…
Empatía y solidaridad, el mejor regalo de esta Navidad en pandemia – Empathy and solidarity, the best gift this Christmas in a pandemic
Ivone Juárez y Pamela Pomacahua, Pagina Siete: Página Siete collected some Bolivian wishes for Christmas. In these times of Covid-19 people want good health, first and foremost. “I want the pandemic to end as quickly as possible, and that the habit of taking care of our health, washing our hands, wearing the mask and taking…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 