Santa Cruz is the Big Festival | Santa Cruz es la Fiesta Grande

Kathryn Chavez, El Deber: The parade began late and Queen Aitana I began her tour shortly before midnight. There were problems in the organization, but the joy was total. The three days of wetness begin today Colour, elegance and a splurgge of joy is what the Carnival troupes showed in the Santa Cruz parade, where…

Beyond the MAS | Más allá del MAS

Maggy Talavera, Los Tiempos: The serious and profound crisis that the Santa Cruz institutionality faces today, starkly exposed in the absurd confrontation between equals, no less than in the Government, cannot be attributed exclusively to the MAS, either as fault or as merit, as they insist the leadership of Creemos and other sectors of civil…

Fear of Santa Cruz | Miedo a Santa Cruz

Editorial, El Dia: The central government has always been afraid of Santa Cruz, much more than the neighboring countries that have usurped extensive territories from the country and have fought it in bloody wars. Watches over it better than anyone, with police and military who neglect the borders, who let the drug traffickers work as…

The clear message from businessmen | El claro mensaje de los empresarios

Editorial, El Deber: A difficult 2024 and a lack of clarity regarding government actions to confront it is what private entrepreneurs grouped in the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Cainco) and the Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia observe. Both institutions agreed on several concerns during the presentation of their end-of-year messages. And that is…

In search of El Dorado | En busca de El Dorado

David Smith, The Critic: Bolivia’s future could be bright if it forges its own bold path A century ago, a British explorer —  adventurer is probably the better word — named Percy Fawcett, pursued the dream of finding that hidden paradise called El Dorado, the gold city of South America that had obsessed plenty before…