Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Oil collectors It will be difficult to forget that, in this electoral campaign, candidate Luis Arce Catacora announced that, from the government, he would collect the used edible oil from the families to recycle it and thus, in five years, prevent Bolivia from importing diesel. Some state-owned company of instantaneous creation…
Mesa, Arce Catacora y Camacho
Renzo Abruzzese, Pagina Siete: It is clear to all citizens that these elections are crucial for two reasons: if the MAS wins, we will have an authoritarian government for many years, and if the MAS wins, the first thing it will do is to radicalize its dictatorial nature and wipe out every vestige of opposition….
Extorsión – Extortion
Editorial, El Diario: Contributions of public bureaucracy for the MAS? The multiple complaints about the collection of contributions made by public employees in favor of the Movement for Socialism have caused alarm and even outrage, a behavior that would have been observed during the thirteen years and more in which it was with power in…
Primero – Bolivia – First
Editorial, El Diario: The country is before political interests and conveniences We are a few days away from the electoral process on October 18; the people, as always, hope that partisan politics, and especially the candidates, will show that they can be aware of the country and that their responsibility forces them to maintain serenity…
Vulneraciones – Infringements
El Diario: With the MAS government Longaric: Bolivia endured 14 years of infringements The chancellor exposed before the European Parliament a chain of violations that were committed by the government of Evo Morales during the years he remained in power, before citizen movements achieved his resignation after discovering the electoral fraud in the October elections…
Bolivian women skateboard in Aymara garb to showcase culture
The Mainichi: LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The traditional bowler hats, bright blouses and long, plaited “pollera” skirts of the young women contrast with the skateboards under their feet as they swoop back and forth on the skate ramp in Bolivia’s largest city. The girls of the collective “ImillaSkate,” a mixture of Aymara and English…
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