Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: The withdrawal from Yapacani It is probable that the FARC have come to control Colombian territory with the same method now used by narco traffickers in Bolivia, gradually forcing the State to give up, to withdraw from large areas. The Government was just forced to withdraw its project of…
Category: Social Unrest
Sexual harassment and misogyny under the lead of Bolivian politicians
Two of the most voted Bolivian politicians have pending issues for their inappropriate, rude and contemptuous arrogance actions against women. There were misogyny remarks from current president of the State and for sexual harassment of the Mayor of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Lot was said and reported on both cases, today I will just focus…
In lieu of another “corrupt” Bolivian presidential election, we MUST UNITE!
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: The hour of unity October 12 will be the presidential election. We understand the difficulties that opposition has to gather and face a gale from the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), which destroys everything leaving only scorched earth and are still celebrating their victories with unprecedented management orgies. We will…
Bolivia’s aviation insecurity, we need to improve!
An Editorial from El Deber: Aviation insecurity Every so often, irregularities occur on commercial flights in the country. Most of the failures that occurred, happily were not serious and are seldom known by the public. But when there is misfortune, they certainly shock. Likewise, if the misfortune was averted but was about to occur. The…
Beni’s flooding HAS a guilty party in Brazil
An Editorial from El Diario: Dams in Brazil and serious damage to Beni The problems that have caused the waters of the Brazilian dams to Beni and other sites in eastern Bolivia, are large; Beni governor would have made the resulting claims , but in any case, is the national government that should do because…
Profound critique of what is Bolivia becoming
Claudio Ferrufino writes in El Dia: The cuisine in the country of thieves Beatriz Rossells asked me to write the preface to the fourth edition of her wonderful book “Gastronomy in Potosi and Charcas, XVIII, XIX and XX centuries.” Things like that help to overcome the hardship it means to be a Bolivian. I prefer…
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