By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Convulsion Government Denounces That Evo Morales and Drug Trafficking Are Behind the Plan for Paz’s Resignation Presidential spokesman José Luis Gálvez said that the top leaders of the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), the Túpac Katari Departmental Federation of Peasants, and substitute senator Nilton Condori are part of the plan. The…
Category: Politics
Bolivia: No Puede Gobernarse Mediante la Política del Asedio | Cannot Govern Itself Through Siege Politics
Editorial, Pensamientos Bolivianos: La Constitución boliviana no establece un “veto callejero” sobre gobiernos elegidos democráticamente. Establece una república democrática regida por elecciones, sucesión constitucional, separación de poderes y procedimientos institucionales. Esa diferencia importa hoy, cuando sectores de la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) y organizaciones aliadas llaman abiertamente a la renuncia del presidente Rodrigo Paz apenas…
It Has Already Gone Too Far… | Ya está de buen tamaño…
By Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: It’s already gone too far that little union bosses keep paralyzing the country whenever they please. In a nation like ours, wrecked after the blue hurricane that destroyed everything and lasted 20 years, one cannot demand that, in six months, hydrocarbons suddenly become abundant, highways be left in perfect condition,…
Vendors Warn They’ll Clear Blockades | Gremiales advierten que desbloquearán
By ANF, Eju.tv: Union Leader Says Era of “Social Organizations” Is Over and Warns They May Move to Clear Roadblocks “It is now the time of productive organizations,” said César Gonzáles, who argued that the era of the so-called social organizations ended after the MAS party’s 20 years in power. There is growing anger among…
Resilience Despite Seditious Blockades | Resiliencia pese a bloqueos sediciosos
By Carlos Corz, Vision 360: Faced with the road blockades, the Government asks those affected for resilience and assures that it will not allow a breakdown of the constitutional order The government of President Rodrigo Paz assured that the radical demonstrators are seeking police intervention in order to generate greater violence. Red ponchos at one of the…
New Land Deal | Nuevo pacto agrario
By Álvaro Rosales, Unitel: After Meeting with the Government, Agricultural Sector Accepts Repeal of Law 1720 and Announces a New Regulation Leaders of Confeagro stated that the sector will not renounce its demands or legal certainty, while contemplating a new regulation within 60 days. [Watch video] / Klaus Frerking, top executive of the National Agricultural…
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