Editorial, Pagina Siete: For 14 years, the Evo Morales administration sold itself as an indigenous government, although it did not meet the main demands of this sector and did fill trade unionists and interculturalists with headquarters, vehicles, positions and many other things. And it is necessary to admit that the head of the MAS was…
Category: Social Unrest
«Raza» y clase – “Race” and class
Andres Gomez, Pagina Siete: A few days ago, a lady in a blue scarf came up to blurt me out with an ideological stench that had betrayed my race by not supporting evismo. WTH! Why does this lady trigger her fanaticism at me if I don’t believe in races?, I said to myself and kept…
10 años después – TIPNIS – 10 years later
Lupe Cajias, El Deber: Ten years ago the image of Evo Morales and the Government of the Movement for Socialism enjoyed respect inside and outside of Bolivia. The presidency of a descendant of indigenous peoples from Latin America, the discourse on the rights of peoples, concern for the poor, the gaze towards Mother Earth Pachamama,…
Enjuiciamiento de los infractores de incendios forestales – Prosecuting forest fire offenders
Pagina Siete: ABT initiates 14 processes and issues 80 citations for fires in Santa Cruz The Code of Criminal Procedure establishes between two to six years in prison for those who are guilty of generating a forest fire. The Forest and Land Authority (ABT) issued at least 80 summons (subpoenas) and 14 criminal proceedings for…
Gobierno debe garantizar seguridad de Amparo Carvajal – Government must guarantee the safety of Amparo Carvajal
Brujula Digital, El Diario: Human Rights Watch about Amparo Carvajal The director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW), José Miguel Vivanco, expressed his concern about the threats that were issued in recent days by the warrior army “Wila Lluch’us” (red caps), in the sense to burn down the house of the president…
Cerro Rico Potosi: IN PERIL – EN PELIGRO
Editorial, Página Siete: Cerro Rico: from apogee to debacle Paradoxes or open contradictions surround the attempt to save Cerro Rico de Potosí from disaster. Its sinking is clearly notorious, although warnings about it have long been established. In a period of 15 years, the gap in the very top of the hill has grown and…
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