Singani = 65 kg (grapes/uvas)

El Dia: They distill 65 kg of grapes for a bottle of singani A group of Bolivian winemakers managed to produce a singani with a concentration of 67 kilos of grapes per bottle and 10 years of rest, which represents a milestone in the country’s wine industry, explained those responsible for the project. Long-standing project….

MÁS de lo mismo – MAS of the same

Bolivia lost‼️ The masismo faces a government without “easy money” … our future looks more like Venezuela…. Bolivia perdió‼️ El masismo enfrenta un gobierno sin “dinero fácil” … nuestro futuro se parece más a Venezuela …

Polls start closing in ‘calm’ Bolivian general election

Valeria Pacheco, Agence-France Press, Yahoo News: Fears that violence could break out proved unfounded as Bolivians voted peacefully on Sunday to elect a new president and Congress. Polling stations started closing at 5:00 (2100 GMT), although some centers remained open for the queues of people already lined up waiting to cast their ballots. Despite a…

Bolivia election: Five things to know about

Rachelle Krygier, BBC News: Bolivians go to the polls on Sunday in a tensely awaited presidential election, held in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The vote is a re-run of a chaotic October 2019 election that led to the resignation and exile of left-wing president Evo Morales. As Bolivia’s first indigenous leader, he had…

Manipulación Descarada – Shameless Manipulation

Editorial, Página Siete: The joking mood of the censorship of ministers One of the biggest distortions that the Bolivian political system has had in recent months is that the MAS had maintained control over two-thirds of the Legislative. As it was not possible, from the constitutional and democratic point of view, to close the Congress,…

Bolivia’s election is a test for Latin American socialism — and democracy

Monica Machicao and Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Half a century after the execution of leftist firebrand Ernesto “Che” Guevara in the Bolivian jungle, the forces of the political right and left are once again waging ideological war in this impoverished Andean nation. Bolivia is heading toward a bitterly disputed presidential…