By El Potosi: Gold and silver are luring many because of today’s spectacular market values. Many want to enter the mining business. El Potosí The high international prices of various minerals appear to be encouraging the growth of legal mining in the Department of Potosí. The dean of the Faculty of Mining Engineering at Tomás Frías…
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Police enter invaded property in Montero with neighbors; land grabbers flee | Policía ingresa a predio invadido en Montero, junto a vecinos; los avasalladores escapan
By Aldo Aguilera, El Dia: A police contingent entered the Patujú property on Friday afternoon, which had been occupied since September 27 and where violent clashes had occurred earlier that day. Media reports indicated that after the arrival of the officers, along with a large group of neighbors, the invaders began fleeing the site. There…
They dynamite the system when it stops serving them | Dinamitan el sistema cuando este deja de servirles
Editorial El Día: The “Fearsome” Null Vote In Bolivia, the null vote has historically been a form of protest—a sign of distrust, exclusion, or political fatigue. However, in the volatile run-up to the August 17 elections, its intentional and strategic use by Evo Morales’ faction raises an unsettling question: are we witnessing a legitimate expression…
Exclusion zone, without elections, without the State, without law | Zona de exclusión, sin elecciones, sin Estado, sin ley
By El Dia: Evo Morales’ Grand Prize Evo Morales no longer needs to be a candidate. If he manages to consolidate Chapare as an exclusion zone—without elections, without the State, without law—he will have gained much more: he will become the lifelong emperor of a territory where the Constitution does not apply, the police do…
We do not want nor need dirty campaigning! | ¡No queremos ni necesitamos campañas sucias!
By Brújula Digital Citizens demand that the TSE take action against dirty campaigning ahead of the presidential elections, according to opinion poll The public expressed strong support for the need for the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) to take firm measures to stop the dirty war among the various political alliances that have already begun their…
Drug trafficking and smuggling take root in the Ayllus of Northern Potosí | Narcotráfico y contrabando se enquista en los Ayllus del Norte de Potosí
By Leny Chuquimia, Visión 360: Conflicts in Llallagua reveal the situation “Little Mexico” is the open secret that reigns in southern Oruro and spreads through the Potosí Altiplano; a corridor for smuggled vehicles, contraband, and drugs. Blockade point with participation of Northern Potosí ayllus. Photo: EFE “It’s an open secret,” says one of the residents…
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