By Brujula Digital, El Diario: The Bolivian Society of Pneumology has proposed declaring a health alert due to the environmental pollution present in several cities, caused by forest fires and “chaqueos” (slash-and-burn practices). In a statement, the organization labeled the chaqueos as “an attack on public health” and demanded that those responsible “be sanctioned according…
Category: Social Unrest
Santa Cruz’s Civic Assembly rejects Census results and calls for a departmental strike this Friday | Asamblea de la Cruceñidad rechaza resultados del Censo y convoca a paro departamental este viernes
Brújula Digital: The Assembly of Cruceñidad. Photo: Video Capture The Assembly of Cruceñidad rejected the results of the Population and Housing Census and announced a 24-hour departmental civic strike for this Friday, September 6, as a protest against what they consider a census fraud promoted by the central government. At the meeting held this Tuesday,…
Limited citizens’ access to their own savings | Limitando el acceso de los ciudadanos a sus propios ahorros
Editorial, El Dia: Bolivian “Corralito” In 2001, Argentina experienced one of the darkest moments in its economic history: the “corralito” banking crisis. This measure, which limited citizens’ access to their own savings, triggered a crisis that left deep scars on Argentine society and its economy. Today, more than two decades after that catastrophe, Bolivia seems…
Where are the Leaders | Dónde están los líderes
By Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: Who are they? What does it mean to be a leader? In reality, a person exercises leadership to become a leader. Leadership is a set of skills that serve to guide and accompany a group of people. In doing so, the leader must be able to influence their group,…
MAS: Gang of corrupt, inept, and racist individuals who have lost their direction | Juntucha de corruptos, ineptos y racistas que ha perdido el horizonte
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: In Freefall Public perception is unanimous: the country is at its worst. The economic crisis, governmental ineptitude, political unrest, and a deep sense that the paths Bolivia had built throughout its republican history are now obliterated, all combine to cast a shadow over the national spirit. It seems the failed…
Marching today to protest census data and the economic crisis | Hoy marcha en rechazo a los datos del censo y la crisis económica
By ANF, Eju.tv: Conade calls for a march on Monday to protest census data and the economic crisis The population census results delivered by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) were not well received by departmental and municipal authorities, as they do not match the projections previously issued by that agency. March led by Conade….
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 