This cartoon is from El Diario, January 11, 2012. It shows how our current government does not do their work, for which they were elected: there is a big fight going on between members of the ruling party (MAS) at the summit, that is the meeting where they decided to take over the functions of…
Category: Social Unrest
Bolivia’s president communicational style…
This cartoon is self-evident, it portrays how current president feels about his audience and “his wisdom”… need say no more… that is the way things are going on in Bolivian government’s politics. It is not only related to the “anti march” that refers to the groups who are trying to push for the road to…
Bolivian public safety failure and escalating crime rates
Over the years, public safety has decreased at an alarming rate! The worst happens in beautiful Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Not only drug trafficking has brought violence to our streets, drug addicts commit felonies and are obviously more violent. The cartoon from El Diario, January 9, 2012 portrays our sad and frustrating reality. Crime rates…
Current Bolivian Government management style
This cartoon is from El Diario, January 8, 2012. It portrays both current president and vice-president. The latter is placing a big eraser in the elbow of the former. The vice says: “with this heavy-duty eraser you will be able to erase [with the elbow] all the short laws you will sanction..” [with the hand]…
An interesting article in The Economist about Bolivian Justice, January 2012
The Economist has written about Bolivia’s Justice, here is an excerpt but the link below will take you to the full story: The justice system in Bolivia Rough justice The wrong way to reform the courts Jan 7th 2012 | LA PAZ | from the print edition IN THE streets of El Alto, Bolivia’s poorest and fastest-growing…
Bolivian salary increase levels during 2012
El Deber, Juan Carlos Salinas Cortez writes about an upcoming conflict, salary increase levels for 2012: The first graph shows the consumer price index (CPI) for the last two years, the monthly variation; and the second shows the cumulative variation: The COB calls for no less than 20% improvement or a basic salary of Bs…
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