By Erbol: AWAITING HEARING Unjustified millionaire assets of the former Emapa manager and two other officials revealed Flores after leaving the Prosecutor’s Office. Photo: ERBOL Millionaire assets of the former manager of the Food Production Support Company (Emapa), Franklin Flores, and other officials of the state-owned company are being investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office in…
Category: Politics
Which Racism? | ¿Cuál racismo?
Editorial, El Dia: What a good occasion to talk about racism, so we can distinguish between what is social discrimination and what is institutional racism. Racism cannot be measured by insults, jokes, or comments among neighbors. While daily coexistence can be complicated when intolerance exists, the real problem arises from the State’s inability to guarantee…
Rebuilding Institutions | Reconstruir las instituciones
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: In 1879, we lost the War of the Pacific because Bolivia had a weak state that lacked presence across its territory, with feeble institutions; in contrast, Chile had developed a solid state with institutions stronger than Bolivia’s. Scholars of Bolivian reality assert that Bolivia has never had a state with…
A Minimal Liberal Program | Un programa liberal mínimo
By Antonio Saravia, Brujula Digital: A renewed and vigorous liberalism has managed to shake the foundations of Bolivian politics. Although, for various reasons, it did not succeed in competing under its own name in the August elections, the ideas (which are ultimately what matter) took root among the people and permeated all candidacies. As had…
Rubber and Brazil nut producers denounce substitute PDC senator for land grabbing | Productores de goma y castaña denuncian al senador suplente del PDC por avasallamiento de tierras
By Erbol: PANDO: LETTER SENT TO EDMAND LARA Brazil nut producers report land grabs. Photo/screenshot The Association of Rubber and Brazil Nut Producers of Pando (Asprogoalpa) denounced the substitute senator-elect from the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Humberto Suárez Egüez, for land grabbing in the north of the country and for allegedly encouraging similar actions in…
Luis Arce 101: Leaves amid scandals | Sale en medio de escándalos
By Opinion: A MONTH AND A HALF BEFORE THE END OF HIS TERM From “bribes” to 7 ministers out (1 convicted): turbulence of a government on its way out A review of some controversies that put the government, which bids farewell on November 8, on edge. From the “Consorcio” case to “Botrading,” among others. “Waiting…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 