Editorial, El Dia: Bolivia is going through one of the deepest crises in its republican history. This is not an ordinary political crisis, the kind the country has managed to resolve through pacts, negotiations, and a measure of pragmatism. What is happening now is qualitatively different: it is the organized, violent, and desperate resistance of…
Category: Social Unrest
Dialog or Collapse | Dialogar o hundirse
By Unitel: Church, Ombudsman’s Office, and Human Rights Assembly urge Government and protesters to confirm dialogue to set a date and time The three institutions are calling for a “Dialogue for the Common Good” between the Government and the protesting sectors. This Monday, acts of destruction and looting were reported in La Paz. [Photo: APG]…
Civic Warning Over Blockades | Alerta cívica por los bloqueos
By Erbol: CRUCEÑIDAD ASSEMBLY Pro Santa Cruz Committee Accuses Protesters of “Coup,” “Food Genocide,” and “Terrorism” Cochamanidis asks the Government to enforce the law. The Pro Santa Cruz Committee denounced on Monday a “coup” against the Government, as well as acts of “terrorism” and a “food genocide” allegedly carried out by mobilized sectors maintaining road…
Conspiracies Against Democracy | Conspiraciones contra la democracia
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: Even before the electoral runoff, it was known that Evo Morales would not remain still; his non-electoral Plan B was to destabilize whichever government came to power. It was the chronicle of an announced conspiracy, now already underway. Lara’s presence alongside Loza in Cochabamba is the explicit manifestation of that…
Bolivia Under Siege: The Country Cannot Remain Hostage to Violent Mafias | Bolivia Bajo Asedio: El País No Puede Seguir Secuestrado por Mafias Violentas
Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: Since May 1st, Bolivia has faced an escalating wave of blockades, violent confrontations, attacks on police, assaults against journalists, shortages of fuel and food, and the paralysis of highways across multiple departments. What began as sector protests has evolved into a nationwide campaign of pressure designed to destabilize the country through fear,…
Paz Isolates Rivals | Paz aísla a sus rivales
By Unitel: Rodrigo Paz Reaches Deals with El Alto’s COR and Teachers, Isolating Mario Argollo and Evo Morales The agreements with both sectors were signed this Saturday, during a day marked by clashes caused by simultaneous blockade-clearing operations in La Paz. [/ Social media] / President Rodrigo Paz took part in the meetings in El…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 