Moral: Ausente – Absent
Renzo Abruzzese, Pagina Siete: The moral reconstruction of the nation The certainty that Morales was not willing to leave power and his perks was born (for years) not only from the monarchical sense that he had developed, but also from the conviction that he was predestined to run a country to his own liking. In…
Ni olvido, ni perdón – Neither forget nor forgiveness
Editorial, El Diario: How much damage was done and pretends to be forgotten When Mr. Morales was the winner of the December 2005 elections and assumed the Presidency of the Republic, there was a good deal of satisfaction in the country because it was assumed that there would be important changes for the benefit of…
Bolivia Has Changed Since 2003. Has Carlos Mesa?
Brendan O’Boyle, Americas Quarterly: Seventeen years after becoming president during a severe political crisis, Mesa may now return to the job. In 2003, Bolivia was in crisis. A bloody crackdown on weeks of protests had forced President Gonzalo “Goni” Sánchez de Lozada to flee the country. In his place stepped Vice President Carlos Mesa Gisbert,…
Error del gobierno – Government Failure
Silvana Vincenti, El Deber: 2019 Fire Scar Matches INRA Approved Settlements Until last year, the National Agrarian Reform Institute approved 1,455 new communities in the country, 945 in the Santa Cruz department. Most of them in Chiquitania Cicatriz de incendios de 2019 coincide con los asentamientos aprobados por el INRA Hasta el año pasado, el…
Estupro y comunicación – Rape and communication
Edgar Ramos, El Diario: Evo, Alejandro Entrambasaguas and the science of communication 1.- The Evo-Rape case – under police investigation – may be remembered in the future as the “Bolivian Watergate with delayed effect,” in memory of journalists Woodward and Bernstein, whose insightful investigation led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon, in August…
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