Adam Williams reports for These Football Times: April Fools’ Day is not widely celebrated in Argentina. For most Spanish-speaking countries, 28 December – Holy Innocents’ Day – is the equivalent window for far-fetched headlines and phantom pregnancies. But after hearing the news on 1 April 2009, legions must have though Latin America had adopted Western…
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Bolivia to partially lift quarantine restrictions in less-affected areas
Manisha Vepa reports for Foreign Brief: Bolivia will relax stay-at-home rules today in regions of the country that have been less affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to restrictions during the outbreak, Bolivia’s May 3 elections were postponed. A new vote will be held sometime between June and August. Until then, Jeanine Anez has served…
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Citizen responsibility – Responsabilidad ciudadana
Lupe Cajias wirtes in El Deber: Citizen responsibility I see from my window a candidate for senator from La Paz who walks almost every day in the park, takes photos, does not always wear a chinstrap. What privileges does she have? Doesn’t she have any idea that she should set an example for others to…
Bolivia Extends Coronavirus Lockdown Until May 10
Reuters reports for The New York Times: LA PAZ — Bolivia will extend its lockdown against the COVID-19 pandemic until May 10, the government announced on Wednesday, while planning to relax stay-at-home rules in parts of the country little affected by the illness starting May 11. President Jeanine Anez, in a televised message to the…
COVID-19: Bolivia’s infra officials draft economic reactivation plan
BN Americas report: Bolivia’s infrastructure authorities are working on an economic reactivation plan to deal with the pandemic. In the plan, the ministry of public works, housing and services (MOPSV) assumes that the coronavirus will impact society and the economy for many more months, meaning companies will have to operate under eventual new restrictions. None of…
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