ANF reports in El Deber: Expert points out that the current Government is the most conflictive in history Even before the Government of Evo Morales, the Unión Democrática y Popular (UDP) had the record for greatest number of conflicts reported with 54 cases per month. In the current regime, 70 cases were registered. An expert…
In Bolivia, some “voluntary” contributions just mean mandatory!
Carlos Toranzo writes for Pagina Siete: Voluntary contributions Skin-deep came the abuse of power of the movement toward socialism (MAS) with public servants, as these are forced to “voluntarily” contribute to the governing party, contributing not only to the election campaign, but since entering the official public administration, they must see deducted part of their…
Are Bolivian families loosing touch with reality and means to be better-off?
This article is not directly related to Bolivian issues, however it gives great opportunity to review our beliefs, our actions… to overcome poverty. The Pope’s “War on Capitalism” and Why Rich Kids Stay Rich by Kaisa Snellman “How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of…
What happened to the corruption control, where is the SAFCO Law?!
Puka Reyesvilla writes in La Prensa: REQUIEM FOR THE SAFCO The origin of the Law of the integrated financial governmental management, started with the Supreme Decree 22407, promulgated by Jaime Paz Zamora in 1990, it ordered the referral of the project to the Congress. The instrument known as SAFCO – of control and governmental management…
Under the shadow of the new “bourgeois and middle class”
Susana Seleme writes in El Deber: The ‘boli-bourgeois’ and the middle class ‘Boli-bourgeois’ are called the hundreds of businessmen, officials and bankers who became the more rich and opulent caste of Venezuela, under the shadow of the ‘socialist-bolivarian’ [from Bolivar] structure of Hugo Chávez (+) and its successor, Nicolás Maduro, via corruption. Bolivia is not a…
Under this ochlocracy, read how Bolivia lost its rights!
Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: Full triangle! [the triangle is complete] The authoritarian power uses the resource that has at its disposal to have more power; goes to the Constitution when it can and makes laws that also suits them. In the case of the Bolivian constitutional power, the President Evo Morales, instead of basing…
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