El Diario reports: In recent years INE data update reveals increased poverty Extreme poverty increased to 12.9% and the poverty situation to 37.2% In recent years, poverty and extreme poverty have increased in the country. The update of the data on the basic food basket, carried out by the National Statistics Institute (INE) reveals this…
Category: Health
Food crisis – Crisis alimentaria
Editorial from El Diario: Negative perspective of the food crisis The ousted government of Evo Morales-Álvaro García Linera & Co. left for the Bolivian people a very heavy legacy of debts, disorganization, corruption and others, but especially that heritage is that the national agriculture stopped producing food and, instead, it has to resort to massive…
Bolivia: worst covid-19 time – peor momento del Covid-19
El Diario reports: Approaching 50,000 infections Bolivia at the worst moment of Covid-19 expansion More than four months after the presence of coronavirus disease in the national territory and after reports of the highest peaks, from 1,000 cases upwards, for the Deputy Minister of Health System Management, Miguel Ángel Delgado, Bolivia enters the worst moment…
Eight turbulent months that we live in a democracy – Ocho meses turbulentos que vivimos en democracia
Editorial from El Deber: Eight turbulent months that we live in a democracy This Sunday, July 12, Bolivia celebrates eight months of an unexpectedly long transition that at the same time marks the eight months of the government of Jeanine Áñez, the senator for Beni until eight months ago, who by simple procedure held a…
Bolivia Interim President Self-Quarantines After Testing Positive for Coronavirus
VOA News: Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez says she is self -quarantining and feels fine after testing positive for the cororonavirus. Áñez said Thursday she was tested for the virus last week after members of her staff became infected. She said she will remain in quarantine for 14 days before taking a new test to…
Faced with the growing pandemic curve – Ante la creciente curva pandémica
Editorial from El Diario: Faced with the growing pandemic curve In circumstances close to a true explosive contagion of the Covid-19, the sanitary provisions for control and containment seem scarce. Today we reap the neglect and contempt of public health for decades and, with negative emphasis, when the country enjoyed unprecedented economic income, between 2008…
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