An excellent Editorial from El Diario [para la version en español, use el link de abajo, gracias]: More spending, less works In the 12 years of the current government, there have been more expenditures and fewer works, which shows that its three constitutional periods have been unsuccessful, much more when the country has had the…
Category: Social Unrest
egomaniac evo’s latest toy is as imposing as it is divisive!
Dan Collyns reports for The Guardian: Bolivian president’s new residence is as imposing as it is divisive Some see Evo Morales’ $34m high-rise looming over La Paz as overpriced vanity project From any vantage point in Bolivia’s largest city, Evo Morales’ new presidential residence is hard to miss. The 29-storey glass-fronted skyscraper towers over the…
evo’s days of his illegitimate power are reaching their end!
Pagina Siete reports: Activists: Evo has 525 days left in the mandate The Minister of the Presidency, Alfredo Rada, yesterday [August 14, 21018] highlighted the 4,587 days that Evo Morales has been in the presidential chair, as the longest mandate in the history of the country. In response, 21F activist Beto Astorga said that in…
Sexual harassment and violence on female journalists! evo fails AGAIN!
Pagina Siete reports: Three organizations condemn harassment of journalists in Palacio Communicators reported that they suffered sexual aggression and violence during the inauguration of Casa Grande del Pueblo. The guild of the press asks for explanations. Three organizations of the journalistic union expressed “their strongest protest” for the aggressions and sexual harassment suffered by some…
Is the Bolivian National Institute of Statistics reporting accurately? An audit is needed!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: ECONOMY AND FINANCE Audit to the INE Private entrepreneurs want an international organization to audit the INE, beginning by reviewing the GDP growth data, on which the payment of the second Christmas bonus depends. Of course, the national authorities responded with indignation, saying that this will not be possible,…
Fighting for Democracy: A Lesson From Bolivia
Jacquelyn Kovarik reports for The New Republic: Fighting for Democracy: A Lesson From Bolivia Evo Morales has done remarkable things for his country. But now, he is rejecting term limits—and Bolivians are taking to the streets to stand up for the rule of law. On Monday more than 25 opposition groups flooded the streets of…
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