Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: Democracy in decline I imagine the discomfort – even outrage – that a title like this can cause among true Democrats. Worse if it comes from a subject like me who cannot display such ostentatious democratic credentials as those of those who have taken over the term. But it does not…
Category: Politics
Bolivia registered a new daily record with 2,655 confirmed cases of coronavirus
Explica.co: Bolivia once again beat its daily record of COVID-19 infections, which is close to 200,000 accumulated positive cases since March 2020. The latest data from the Ministry of Health show 2,655 new infections, which raises 193,745 confirmed cases with a curve that shows a marked rise in positives for days in this country, of about eleven and a…
Desempleo – Unemployment
Editorial, El Diario: Growing unemployment Numerous economic aspects inherited by the government of President Luis Arce Catacora have determined that unemployment in the country, already existing for years, continues to grow even more and that for new causes it acquires a level that is still worrying and even alarming. This problem has already been detected…
¿Ocultando su incapacidad? – Hiding their helplessness?
Página Siete: An almost inaccessible government It was never an open or transparent government; in fact, until now, President Luis Arce and Vice President David Choquehuanca have not held a press conference to answer questions from journalists. But, day that passes, the situation worsens because its officials adopt the same ostrich strategy and leave the…
Bolivian indigenous leader who had denied the pandemic dies of covid-19
By Explica: The Bolivian indigenous leader Felipe « El Mallku » Quispe, a harsh critic of former President Evo Morales (2006-2019), died on Tuesday sick of Covid-19, refusing until the last moment to receive medical treatment against that disease whose existence he refused to admit, local media reported. « I have unfortunate news to confirm, that our brother Felipe…
Absurdos masistas – Gov’s absurdities
Pagina Siete: Pay for not working The Inti Raymi company has denounced that, in record time, the justice system has accepted that 21 of its former employees be immediately reinstated to their functions. The problem is that they have no functions to fulfill. The Inti Raymi gold deposits were depleted in 2015 and the company’s…
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