NO hubo golpe – There was NO coup

Renzo Abruzzese, Pagina Siete: The coup d’etat theory When Evo Morales fled and the 14-year-old regime collapsed like a house of cards, the vast majority of citizens were sure that we had achieved an irreversible result, and that based on this, the restitution of the rule of law was proportional to the powerful citizen movement…

Absurdos – masistas – Absurdities

Juan Cristobal Soruco, Pagina Siete4: The Stumbles of History The first days of the new MAS government show that its operators have not understood the messages of the citizens, and are doomed to take over the state administration, persecute their adversaries and pay homage to what seemed to be unnameable. The last wise up has…

Confusión – Disarray

Lupe Cajias, El Deber: Cultures between two discourses What can Bolivians expect from the new Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization and Depatriarchalization? The act of possession counted on the presence of the deep multicultural and multilingual nation; beautiful fabrics, beautiful music, lots of hugs. The second look is more worrisome: why was Sabina Orellana Cruz named…

Reformas necesarias – Crisis – Necessary reforms

Los Tiempos: CEPB suggests reforms in 7 areas to get out of the crisis The Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia (CEPB) has proposed to the government of President Luis Arce Catacora to apply structural reforms in seven fiscal areas to overcome the economic crisis with sustainability and projection into the next decade. The first…