Carlos Lizárraga presents The Filibusters of the Pacific

Pagina Siete reports: The author of the work devoted five years of his life to investigate all the backstage of the Pacific War. The republican origins of the claims of Chile on the Litoral, the complicit act of the Bolivian mining oligarchies before, during and after the Pacific War, and the economic interests hidden after…

Economic adjustment in 2019

A sound Editorial from El Diario, pictures from the internet: In the new year an adjustment of the greatest possible magnitude has to be made, so that the management is positive, but essentially to put an end to the fiscal deficits of the past six years. It is incomprehensible that there has been so much…

The cynicism of Evo Morales’s reelection bid in Bolivia

Francisco Toro for The Washington Post: President Evo Morales of Bolivia is preparing to run for an unprecedented fourth term. (David Mercado/Reuters) Not much remains of the pink wave — the tide of left-wing governments that swept Latin America at the turn of the century. One way or another, country after country has turned back…

Bolivia closed 2018 with high debt and low reserves

Bolivian Thoughts opinion: Let’s not forget that we will have to send gas to Brazil, without, repeat, without receiving money for it … as with the “take or pay” clause under that contract we received payment for gas not delivered yet … so, as you can see, the despicable ochlocracy of evo is leaving our…

Bolivia faces 2019 marked by electoral uncertainty

Gabriela Orozco reports for RFI: Protester walks along with images of members of the Supreme Electoral Court during protest against the empowerment of Evo Morales for a new re-election, on December 31, 2018 in La Paz. Source: Reuters. Bolivia receives the new year in a hasty electoral environment, but also with political uncertainty ahead of…