Anahí Cazas, Página Siete: In one of the paintings they portrayed the face of Dr. Juvenal Butrón, who died from the virus. While thousands of citizens stayed at home to avoid contagion of Covid-19, doctors, nurses, health workers, police and military left their homes to fight on the front line against the virus that paralyzed…
Category: Health
Bolivia is burning
Kareem Rifai, The Michigan Daily: Landlocked Bolivia, a country nestled between regional hotspots Argentina, Chile and Peru, has skyrocketed to the forefront of the global geopolitical struggle. Bolivia’s 2019 election was fraught with allegations of fraud leveled against now-former President Evo Morales. Morales now faces accusations of crimes against humanity due to allegations that he organized food and…
Bolivian women skateboard in Aymara garb to showcase culture
The Mainichi: LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The traditional bowler hats, bright blouses and long, plaited “pollera” skirts of the young women contrast with the skateboards under their feet as they swoop back and forth on the skate ramp in Bolivia’s largest city. The girls of the collective “ImillaSkate,” a mixture of Aymara and English…
Salud – Health
Editorial, El Diario: Caprice prevents 10% for health Although on the street and among ordinary citizens everyone says yes to 10% of the National Budget for Health, the bill has been postponed by the Legislative Assembly because two thirds of the MAS have been vetoing its consideration since November 2019, when the transitory government forwarded…
COVID-19 impactará el sistema educativo de América Latina durante décadas
Andres Oppenheimer, el Nuevo Herald: Cuando me preguntan si América latina saldrá pronto de su actual crisis económica, suelo responder que el daño económico causado por la pandemia del coronavirus probablemente sera relativamente corto, pero el daño educativo podría durar décadas. A corto plazo, es probable que las economías latinoamericanas comiencen a recuperarse pronto. Las…
Impacto Covid-19
Editorial, El Deber: What six months of pandemic leave in Bolivia Six months after the arrival of the coronavirus in Bolivia, it is time to take stock that allows us to become aware of the footprint that this pandemic has left among Bolivians. Such a hard blow reveals the weaknesses not only of the health…
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