Are road/street blockades an ‘acceptable’ political action?

Of course not, however, our beautiful Bolivia had to endure this nuisance for more than we care to remember… Mamfredo Kempff writes a very well descriptive article in El Diario: Blocked! The signs of admiration in the heading of this note, does not correspond, they are in excess. They would be needed if the blockades…

Fire season in Bolivia or simple stupidity?!

It puzzles and infuriates  me when this time of the year comes and our beautiful country fills with smoke of controlled and uncontrolled fires… slush and burn practices continue, systematically damaging our health, our environment… ALL government (national, regional, municipal) fail to take appropriate action! Manuel Filomeno reports for Pagina Siete: In a single day,…

Was he acting as a union leader or as a country’s president?

To me, the reaction of current Bolivian president fits within the union’s ‘culture’ in Bolivia. People in the board of a syndicate can not be fired, they are asked to leave because they were not hired, they were elected. When that happened, many people said the president lacked managerial skills, why he had to embarrass…

Bolivia is the fourth most violent country in South America

Bolivia had a tradition of being peaceful and with a quiet, almost shy population. Unfortunately and due to progressive violence, intolerance and anarchical reactions of some politicians, social movements, some individuals and criminals, Bolivia is now in a dubious state. From El Deber and 2012 Global Peace Index from Vision of Humanity: Bolivia is the…