Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Economic analysis President Luis Arce has decided to cross all barriers of ethics and now not only is he campaigning for the candidates of his party, but he has added a new element: blackmail. He carries around the warning that if voters prefer to vote for candidates from parties other than…
How an Indigenous People in Bolivia’s Amazon Survived COVID-19
Pulitzer Center: When the coronavirus arrived in the spring, Yuqui fisherman Salomon Quispe was frightened. His wife had tuberculosis a few years before and was still in poor health. At 52 years old, Salomon Quispe himself was no longer as young as he once was, and he, too, felt at risk. Quispe also worried that…
San Matias: en peligro – in peril
Editorial, El Deber: Mining operation in protected area Since the arrival of President Luis Arce Catacora, the Bolivian system of protected areas and forests has been suffering severe blows, due to the deinstitutionalization of the positions of the entities that have under their control this important natural wealth of the country. To this is added…
Un gobierno retrógrada – A retrograde government
El Diario: They regret the government’s decision regarding tourists from Israel and the US The tourism sector regrets the government’s decision to reestablish a visa for citizens of the United States and Israelis, a decision that will reduce tourism from those countries to Bolivia, the most affected regions will be La Paz, Rurrenabaque and Uyuni….
El MAS asquea – The MAS disgusts
Editorial, Pagina Siete: Political use of vaccines The government has deployed an aggressive image campaign with the arrival of 20,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, which will serve to immunize 10,000 health workers in the country, which represents just 5% of the sector, which is made up of approximately 200,000 health workforce. The…
Intervención negativa – Negative intervention
Fides: Anapo rejects government warning to suspend soy exports The Association of Oilseed and Wheat Producers (Anapo), through its President, Fidel Flores, expressed this Friday (1/29/2021) his rejection of the warning made by the Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy to suspend exports of soybeans if the oilseed industries do not supply flour in…
