By Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: Santa Cruz is the largest department of Bolivia in every sense: territorial, population, business, economy, etc. Santa Cruz is the older brother of the departments, and the father is the centralist, abusive, and dictatorial state, which resides in La Paz (La Paz, as a department, is the second oldest…
An environmental pause is not enough to stop ecocide | Una pausa ambiental no basta para frenar ecocidio
El Diario: They describe it as a deceptive measure The policies of Evo Morales’ government, continued by Luis Arce, amount to ecocide, biocide, and even environmental genocide, as the fires not only reduced millions of hectares of forest to ashes, but also had a catastrophic impact on indigenous and rural communities, according to lawyer Franz…
Rising inflation | Inflación en aumento
By Aldo Aguilera, El Dia: Bolivia has the third-highest inflation in the region, only behind Argentina and Venezuela Inflation in August was 1.58%, and the 12-month rate is 5.19%, according to the state-run National Institute of Statistics. The issue of inflation, which went unnoticed during the first three years of Luis Arce’s administration and was…
Incendiary laws with police repression, arrest of an activist | Leyes incendiarias con represión policial, captura de activista
Brujula Digital: March against incendiary laws faces harsh police repression, they use tear gas and arrest an activist Demonstration marched through the city’s main streets. Photo: APG Hundreds of activists mobilized on Wednesday night in the city of La Paz, demanding action against the fires that have devastated nearly four million hectares of forests and…
The MAS “deliberates” in the streets | El MAS “delibera” en las calles
By Bajo el penoco, El Dia: The confrontation between the two factions of the MAS has entered its most critical and decisive phase: control of the streets through the use of violence. This was demonstrated on Tuesday in front of the Legislative Assembly, where followers of Luis Arce and supporters of the coca grower Morales…
Fires: Environmental catastrophe, lack of rains | Incendios: Catástrofe ambiental, falta de lluvias
By Marco Belmonte, Vision 360: Air Monitoring The Atmospheric Physics Laboratory warns of an environmental catastrophe and foresees a lack of rain due to the fires. The problem is that the Amazon region of the continent is experiencing one of the most intense droughts in recent years, which could result in the rain not arriving…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 