By/Por Andrea Martinez, Monica Machicao & Daniel Ramos, Reuters: [1/2] A demonstrator releases a firecracker as people protest against the postponement of the 2023 population and housing census in Cochabamba, Bolivia, October 27, 2022. | Un manifestante lanza un petardo mientras la gente protesta contra el aplazamiento del censo de población y vivienda de 2023 en…
Category: Social Unrest
MAS: Callous delay | Retraso insensible
Editorial, El Deber: More callous procrastination with Santa Cruz There is a double standard that the national government is now showing by shortening, at least in appearance, the deadlines for delivery of the census results while the ruling party delays and hinders the treatment of the law in the Legislative Assembly. Yes, we already know…
BOLIVIA: Let’s go! – ¡Vamos!
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Balance of the strike Wherever you look, Santa Cruz has achieved an unquestionable victory over the centralist power. If we review the agenda of the last massive plebiscite, with a historical record of attendees, we verify that the most conjunctural points of the petition have been fulfilled, in particular the one referring…
The strike continues, the Census Law is expected | Sigue el paro, se espera la Ley del Censo
Diego Seas, El Deber: Calvo: “We maintain the indefinite strike and remain alert to what happens in Parliament regarding the law for the census” After the 72-hour deadline given by the last plebiscite, the civic president Rómulo Calvo went out to speak to the people of Santa Cruz The president of the Santa Cruz Civic…
Redistribution of economic resources and Congress seats | Redistribución de recursos económicos y escaños
Diego Seas, El Deber: Interinstitutional Committee will present a bill to guarantee redistribution of economic resources and seats until 2024 The adviser José Luis Santistevan maintained that it will be the Executive and the Legislative Assembly who define the date of the Population and Housing Census The Inter-institutional Committee of Santa Cruz spoke this Monday…
Arce failed! – ¡Se aplazó Arce!
Editorial, El Dia: Arce generates more conflicts The minister-cheerleaders and megaphone advisers who warm Luis Arce’s ear have told him that he is the big winner in the battle for the census, that those cowardly policemen, the hooded gang members and the shock groups led by public officials, have managed to bend the Santa Cruz…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 