Juan Manuel Arias writes in El Deber: The economy is fixed later In this quarantine, everything has been seen and heard, from sensible statements, other alarmist and apocalyptic and many crazy, selfish and impertinent to the point of calling for the health rebellion calling the population to a collective exhibition of the contagion of the…
Category: Health
Today Gov will define whether or not to extend quarantine – Hoy Gob define si amplía o no cuarentena
El Diario reports: Covid – 19 Government will define on Tuesday whether or not to extend quarantine The government will define on Tuesday whether or not the total quarantine in force in the country since March 22 is extended and lasts until April 15, government minister Arturo Murillo reported on Sunday. “It is an issue…
In Bolivia announced the militarization of the largest city
Kxan 36 News reports: The largest city of Bolivia, Santa Cruz will be militarized as of April 14, with the purpose of strengthening the fight against the pandemic of new type of coronavirus, said the Minister of industrial development Wilfredo Rojo. “We are at war with an invisible enemy, and since we are at war,…
The Twin Contagions Facing Latin America
By OTTO REICH & ORLANDO GUTIERREZ for National Review: Central and South America must contend not with just coronavirus, but also with the resurgent temptations of socialism and Communism. Latin America is facing the simultaneous onslaught of two potent viruses: one biological, the other ideological. Many Latin-American nations lack efficient health-care systems and preventive measures to fight the former:…
The two faces of supine brazenness – Las dos caras de la supina desfachatez
Locally we have a group of individuals who want to cause turmoil, whereas for their political advocacy to the coca grower caudillo, or the need for anarchy for their illegal narcotrafficking or smuggling activities, or for their own stupidity. Open and irrational contempt while Covid-19 will get them and the rest of our society, as…
Extend the quarantine – Extender la cuarentena
Pagina Siete reports: Minister of Labor considers it appropriate to extend the quarantine According to the recent report of the Ministry of Health, until Sunday 183 positive cases were reported, most of them in Santa Cruz. The Minister of Labor, Óscar Mercado, affirmed that it would be worthwhile to extend the quarantine in the country…
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