Deficiencies that kill during pandemic – Carencias que matan en pandemia

Editorial, Pagina Siete: In the third wave of Covid-19, Bolivia is setting record figures for the entire pandemic in terms of deaths and positive cases per day. For example, during the previous week more than 3,000 cases were registered daily, compared to the maximum of 2,886 reported in the second wave. In terms of deaths,…

Corruption! – ¡Corrupción!

Marcelo Ostria, Los Tiempos: The frequency of acts of corruption by public officials in Bolivia no longer surprise anyone. These were -and are- tolerated by the Government and the administration of justice, and practiced by State officials. Since last week, the imprisonment in the United States of the former Minister of Government, Arturo Murillo, by…

Irresponsible vaccination? – ¿Vacunación iresponsable?

Alfonso Gumucio, Pagina Siete: Vaccinated with horror “The third wave surpasses two previous peaks,” “UTIs are saturated,” “hospital chaos and funeral crisis,” “the Brazilian strain kills in two or three days,” “not only the elderly are ill, but also young people and children,” “doctors work without receiving salaries,” “Seven regions without oxygen,” “without distancing in…

Discredit of justice – Desprestigio de la justicia

Editorial, Los Tiempos: Council of the Magistracy and discredit of justice The discredit and loss of prestige that affect the Bolivian administration of justice is not a matter of concern for the Council of the Magistracy, the instance of the Judicial Organ responsible, according to the Constitution, “for the disciplinary regime of the ordinary, agro-environmental…

Heroines, women and mothers – Heroínas, mujeres y madres

Editorial, Los Tiempos: On a day like today, 209 years ago, on May 27, 1812, three years after the Spanish-American emancipation began in Chuquisaca, in Cochabamba another milestone was marked on the path that would lead, 15 years later, to the constitution of the Republic of Bolivia. In addition to commemorating these events, in Bolivia…