Editorial, Página Siete: In his failed attempt to appear like a poor man, former President Evo Morales ends up playing the role of a sad little man. Accustomed as he is to victimizing himself, he says that he has no money, that he is screwed and that he survives on his ex-president’s diet. The point…
Category: Politics
The MAS and violence – El MAS y la violencia
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In less than two weeks, in Potosí, two MAS militants, one a mayor official and the other a deputy, were the object of violent attacks perpetrated by their supporters. It might seem that these are isolated events, but the context of these attacks and the long series of similar events carried out…
The atrocity of mercury in mining – La atrocidad del mercurio en la minería
Mongabay: Struggles loom as Bolivia prepares new plan to clean up its mercury problem by Maxwell Radwin on 9 March 2023 Bolivia’s failure to combat illegal gold mining generated a heated national debate last year. Numerous news sites published investigations into deforestation, pollution and corruption tied to the mining industry, while leading officials in congress and the UN made public…
Central government denies reality – Gobierno central niega la realidad
Editorial, El Deber: Clean up the economy Time passes and cycles run out. The worst thing is to cling to what was without accepting that reality is now different. Eleven years ago, in 2014, the Bolivian economy was buoyant, revenues from gas exports poured in non-stop, and government spokesmen claimed that the economic model was…
United front to recapture our Bolivia | Frente unido para recuperar nuestra Bolivia
El Diario: Manuel Morales (Conade) There is optimism in Conade for the formation of a united front Noting that up to now no objections have been raised by political, civic and citizen organizations, at the national level, to be part of a single bloc that will face the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in upcoming electoral…
The fury of Evismo for a chair – La furia del evismo por una silla
Editorial, Página Siete: After Martín Choque removed the chair in which Evo Morales was going to sit on the stage, Evism has shown what it is made of: intolerance, violence, persecution, resentment, revenge and irrationality. Martín Choque was the secretary of culture of the Uncía Mayor’s Office, but last week he was forced to resign,…
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