Humberto Vacaflor describes wonderfully what happens here and there… from El Deber: Totalitarian fashion It is inevitable. Dictators hate freedom of the press. When they have decided to be dictators, the first thing they do is put an end to freedom of the press. So did Mussolini in 1924, Hitler in 1933, Chávez in 2004….
Category: Social Unrest
UPDATE on Bolivian Senator Roger Pinto’s right for political asylum! Sep/2012
This is an update on Senator’s Roger Pinto whereabouts: Pagina Siete reports: Government does not extend laissez-passer Pinto complies 100 days isolated and two vigils were installed Last night [9/3/12] ACTS, a vigil was held in plaza Bolivia and another in the Legislative Assembly. The Senator by national convergence (CN) Roger Pinto has reached 100…
Freedom of expression in Bolivia under governmental scrutiny!
Pagina Siete writes about Reporters without Borders findings: Bolivia occupies 108 position in the ranking freedom of the press METHODOLOGY the countries that have low note top the list, while those with a higher score are those with severe restrictions on the journalistic work. Bolivia ranked 108 in the world classification of the freedom of…
Bolivian government spends nine million dollars in propaganda…
El Dia reports [from Erbol]: In seven months exceeded the figure of 2011 Government spends $9 million in propaganda Monitoring. Doble N and Publimarket are companies that show the increase in expenses. The data offered by the companies of monitoring advertising and propaganda, Doble N and Publimarket reveal that the national Government spent, in 2011,…
Current Bolivian government is wrong!!
Jose Gramunt de Moragas has written for many years a weekly column “¿Es o no es verdad?” [is it true or is not?], which is also broadcasted in radio Fides from La Paz; over the years this Jesuit priest has proven his intelligence, clarity and above all professionalism; he is one of the best and…
A “perverse” new tax to the dollar in Bolivia
Raising taxes is not an easy task, although many people may think different… in this case current Bolivian government has raised a new one, in an attempt to reduce the dollar currency in our economy, whereas is out of hatred to the USA or to show how ‘strong’ is our currency, the most affected continue…
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