Editorial, Pagina Siete: A victory of the people President Luis Arce gambled everything for everything to make the strike of the sectors that demanded the repeal of Law 1386 fail in the understanding that a new setback would put the Government in a situation of constant ungovernability. He gambled and lost. After six days of…
Continuarán protestas – Protests to continue
MercoPress: Bolivian protests to continue until Law 1386 is repealed, protesters warn Bolivian protesters have warned their ongoing indefinite strike declared by the Pro Santa Cruz Committee will not be lifted until the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (Congress) repeals Law 1386 on the Strategy to Fight the Legitimization of Illicit Profits. Social leader Rómulo Calvo insisted…
Le tomó 6+ días para reaccionar – It took him 6+ days to react
Editorial, El Deber: Prisoners of perverse and skewed logic They had to spend six days of multisectoral strike, there had to be clashes and victims of violence and hatred until the government reflected and ended up recognizing that Law 1386 on the Legitimization of Illicit Profits and Terrorism Financing Strategy affected the sectors that started…
Indigenous groups call for gov’t intervention as land grabbers invade Bolivian protected area
Iván Paredes Tamayo on 12 November 2021 | Translated by Sarah Engel, Mongabay: Bajo Paraguá – San Ignacio de Velasco Municipal Protected Area was created on February 12, 2021, to protect 983,000 hectares (about 2,429,045 acres) of primary forest in the Chiquitania region of Bolivia. But despite its new protected status, residents are reporting invasions and human…
Diálogo sincero – Sincere dialogue
El Diario: Dialogue must be sincere and with all sectors After the Government’s call to the guild merchants for a dialogue on Saturday, the governor of Santa Cruz, Fernando Camacho, asked the government authorities that this dialogue be transparent and sincere and that it include all sectors that ask for the repeal of Law 1386,…
Fracasó la política – Politics failed
Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia, the failure of politics If the Government of Luis Arce believes that by ignoring, neglecting or repressing the protest in Santa Cruz, and now also in Potosí, it is going to overcome the most serious crisis of its administration, it is that it does not understand politics or learn from the…
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