Carlos Federico Valverde Bravo writes in El Deber: That’s the way he is It makes me sad that countries to which Evo Morales aggresses, they do not bother with what he says. They must have the idea that his bluster and tantrums don’t deserve any reaction because “he is just like that”. I worry more about…
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Illegitimate use of “foreign” votes and census results in Bolivian elections!!
An excellent analysis and an unquestionable editorial follows: Carlos Cordero Carraffa writes for El Deber: Seven countries Even though the most relevant news of the last few days was not the vote of Bolivians abroad, but the diplomatic crisis caused by the former CIA agent Edward Snowden, I prefer to discuss first the issue because…
Are human rights respected in Bolivia?
Carlos Toranzo Roca writes in Pagina Siete: Human rights are for all of us It is hard to believe that in a left-wing regime, as the one that governs us, one of the issues of most concern to people is the violation of human rights. Who had human rights during the dictatorship of Barrientos in…
Mining industry in Bolivia just turned into “no man’s land”!!
And… it is the unfortunate reality: El Diario’s Editorial: Private mining “no man’s land” The Himalaya company suffered the transfer of a part of the mine of the same name in favor of the cooperativa Cerro Negro, without receiving a just compensation, as provided for in the Constitution and without respect for the legitimate right….
Bolivian gov and reverse colonialism…
Renzo Abruzzese writes for El Deber: Sousa Santos and reverse colonialism Boaventura de Sousa Santos can be considered the ideologue in the new Latin American populism line. To support the actions of the Governments of the type mentioned, the prestigious sociologist argues that the problems of current capitalism (referred to as post-capitalism) are two possible…
Bolivian Corruption 101: Where Bolivia falls under the 2013 Corruption Barometer?
This post is longer than usual, it has Reuters’ worldwide news, followed by Bolivia’s data: Crisis of confidence in government handling of corruption, survey shows By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN | Tue Jul 9, 2013 11:10am IST (Reuters) – A majority of people worldwide believes corruption has worsened in the last two years and they see governments as…
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