Editorial, El Dia: Bolivia is going through one of the deepest crises in its republican history. This is not an ordinary political crisis, the kind the country has managed to resolve through pacts, negotiations, and a measure of pragmatism. What is happening now is qualitatively different: it is the organized, violent, and desperate resistance of…
Category: Politics
Dialog or Collapse | Dialogar o hundirse
By Unitel: Church, Ombudsman’s Office, and Human Rights Assembly urge Government and protesters to confirm dialogue to set a date and time The three institutions are calling for a “Dialogue for the Common Good” between the Government and the protesting sectors. This Monday, acts of destruction and looting were reported in La Paz. [Photo: APG]…
Civic Warning Over Blockades | Alerta cívica por los bloqueos
By Erbol: CRUCEÑIDAD ASSEMBLY Pro Santa Cruz Committee Accuses Protesters of “Coup,” “Food Genocide,” and “Terrorism” Cochamanidis asks the Government to enforce the law. The Pro Santa Cruz Committee denounced on Monday a “coup” against the Government, as well as acts of “terrorism” and a “food genocide” allegedly carried out by mobilized sectors maintaining road…
Conspiracies Against Democracy | Conspiraciones contra la democracia
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: Even before the electoral runoff, it was known that Evo Morales would not remain still; his non-electoral Plan B was to destabilize whichever government came to power. It was the chronicle of an announced conspiracy, now already underway. Lara’s presence alongside Loza in Cochabamba is the explicit manifestation of that…
The statist ideology will leave Bolivia without an energy supply | La ideología estatista dejará a Bolivia desabastecida de energía
By Álvaro Ríos, Vision 360: I sense that the energy shortage could bring the country to its knees. I hope I am completely wrong and that we are able to communicate and make Bolivians understand that major changes are necessary and that we are going to suffer. Bolivia is moving along a very delicate path…
Constitutional Reform Frozen by Crisis | Reforma Constitucional Frenada por la Crisis
By Yolanda Mamani, El Deber: The critical path to modifying the Political Constitution requires at least four steps After six months, Rodrigo Paz presented the 10 core laws to change the state model/APG As long as the Government does not solve the economic and social crisis, there will not be a suitable scenario for structural…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 