By Oscar Antezana: More than once I have stated that this government was born with two cardinal sins: the lack of a government plan and Lara as vice president. The current unrest is a direct consequence of both sins. Paz wants dialogue. Dialogue about what? He has no proposal or concrete plan. How can reforms…
Microbusinesses Demand Relief | Microempresarios Exigen Alivio
By Eju.tv: Microentrepreneurs Call the 36 Days of Road Blockades “Criminal”; Sector Demands Six-Month Loan Payment Deferral to Recover The leader added that micro and small businesses are unable to obtain raw materials for manufacturing, production, or sales because Bolivia does not produce the necessary inputs needed to complete their products. The representative of the…
Roadblocks Are a Criminal Measure Disguised as Social Protest | Bloqueos son una medida criminal que es disfrazada de protesta social
By El Diario: They See an “Invisible Death Sentence” Stating that the Bolivian population can no longer endure what amounts to an “invisible death sentence” and the collapse of the healthcare system caused by roadblocks organized by “union leaderships,” former senator Henry Montero asserted that the organizations currently mobilized are promoting sedition and are not…
Crash of a Nation | Colapso de una Nación
By The Economist: Protesters have controlled Bolivia’s capital for a month To lift their blockades, they want the centrist president, Rodrigo Paz, to resign When túpac katari, an indigenous leader, laid siege to La Paz for more than 100 days in 1781, the city folk were reduced to eating cats and dogs. La Paz today…
Fear of a State of Emergency | Miedo al estado de excepción
By Manfredo Kempff, El Diario: President Rodrigo Paz and his cabinet ministers must possess some very important confidential information to withstand the beating of sticks, stones, insults, dynamite blasts, and hunger that the seat of government and part of Bolivia are suffering, without applying emergency measures. We assume, as could hardly be otherwise, that this…
Roadblocks Deepen Poverty in Bolivia | Bloqueos profundizan la pobreza en Bolivia
By El Diario; The economic and social crisis affecting Bolivia is deepening poverty and, without dialogue and reconciliation, the most vulnerable people will continue to be the hardest hit, warned the Fundación Jubileo while assessing the impact of more than a month of roadblocks across the country. The protest measures restricted the movement of food, fuel, and…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 