Carlos Valverde, El Deber: Totalitarians! That’s it. The government of Luis Alberto Arce Catacora has decided to cross the threshold or border from democracy towards authoritarianism. The brutality of the intercultural mob at the doors of the Assembly, to prevent opposition parliamentarians and media who were arriving at the building from entering to broadcast from…
Category: Social Unrest
For the sake of the country, no more debts | Por el bien del país, no más deudas
Editorial, El DIa: Debts are not inherently bad when they fall into good hands. The largest fortunes, the most competitive companies, and the most outstanding achievements in history have been made based on borrowing. But behind that money lies a plan, a brilliant idea, hard work, discipline, and a series of virtues that are nowhere…
Lack of dollars, an offense to common sense | Falta de dólares, una ofensa al sentido común
Editorial, El Deber: The dollar and the economy There is no doubt that the year 1985 marks a profound turning point in Bolivia’s political and economic history for several reasons. The country needed to emerge from a whirlwind of hyperinflation and ungovernability that marked the three stormy years of the government of the Popular Democratic…
Evo Morales and the unfinished task of national construction | Evo Morales y la tarea inconclusa de construcción nacional
Pedro Portugal, Brujula Digital: Evo Morales lashes out against everyone. Now against his closest subordinates. In statements to Radio Kawsachun Coca, he evicts his former vice president, Álvaro García Linera: He is a traitor and a swindler because he allegedly never obtained the bachelor’s degree he exhibited in the early years of the MAS government….
Bolivia’s Socialist Rulers Mend Ties With Capitalists in a Nation on the Brink | Los líderes socialistas de Bolivia restablecen lazos con capitalistas en una nación al borde del abismo
Marcelo Rochabrun, Sergio Mendoza and Zijia Song, Bloomberg, Finance, Yahoo: (Bloomberg) — Bolivia’s socialist government is mending ties with business leaders it once snubbed as it grapples to prevent a dollar shortage from crashing the economy. Finance Ministry and other government officials met last week with representatives from sectors including finance, manufacturing, construction and pharmaceuticals,…
Encroachers and Illegal Miners | Avasalladores y mineros ilegales
Tatiana Castro, Los Tiempos: Park Rangers Must Face Harassment from Encroachers and Illegal Miners Park rangers must confront the lack of human resources, adverse working conditions, harassment from encroachers, and judicial harassment in their tasks of protecting the 23 parks and protected areas in Bolivia. They feel defenseless and unauthorized. The vice president of the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 