CARLOS VALDEZ, Associated Press, ABC News: In Bolivia, literacy training makes a profound difference Bolivia is one of the poorest nations in South America, and nearly a fourth of its citizens could not read nor write a generation ago PUCARANI, Bolivia — Anacleta Mamani has no teeth, but a happy smile: She’s learned to read and…
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Finally, the masismo was forced to do its job | Finalmente, el masismo se vio obligado a hacer su trabajo
AFP, France24: Bolivia sets date for census after violent protests La Paz (AFP) – Bolivia’s leftist President Luis Arce said Friday a bill had been approved to hold a national census in March 2024 after weeks of deadly protests over the count. “We passed this Census Law so people’s blood will not be spilled. The census…
MAS: Cheap politicking – Politiquería barata
El Diario: Camacho criticizes spending “millions on politicking” After the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the dispute between Chile and Bolivia over the waters of Silala, the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, criticized the two defeats against the trans-Andean country and considers that Evo Morales should be prosecuted. He…
Undeniable and ruthless political persecution | Innegable y despiadada persecución política
Diego Seas, El Deber: Calvo: “I do not regret facing the civic role, although the human cost has been my family and losing all my sources of employment” The civic leader spoke with EL DEBER in an extensive interview where he referred to his health, the pain of losing his job after 17 years. But…
Learnings for the next battle | Aprendizajes para la próxima batalla
Editorial, El Deber: Santa Cruz has not yet finished getting back on its feet after its longest battle in democracy, which made Cruceños hold their breath for 36 and a half days, and the topic of conversation for the whole week will still be the days and nights of the rotonda, when in other conditions…
What is the masismo now? | ¿Qué es el masismo ahora?
Humberto Vacaflor, El Deber: Fraud or death In the course of the current conflict, what the MAS has shown in all its tendencies is that its leaders recognize that without electoral fraud, the party could not exist. The tendencies of the party maintain their furious differences only to the point where the subsistence of fraud…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 