Editorial, Página Siete: Finally, it was established that the government authorities, and particularly the National Institute of Statistics (INE), were lying to the country when they said that the process for carrying out the Population and Housing Census in November of this year was on wheels, that the census ballot was almost finished and that…
Tag: authoritarianism
Juicio a/Trial of: Jeanine Áñez
Press Release, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, UK: Juicio a Jeanine Áñez en Bolivia: comunicado del FCDO La oficina de Asuntos Exteriores, Commonwealth y Desarrollo ha emitido un comunicado, tras el veredicto en el juicio de Jeanine Áñez. Un portavoz de la Oficina de Relaciones Exteriores, Commonwealth y Desarrollo dijo: Tomamos nota del reciente veredicto…
Bolivian democracy destroyed! – ¡Democracia boliviana destruida!
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Tuto’s document The report that former President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga has presented after testifying before the Public Ministry in the “Coup I” case, which consists of 14 pages with incontrovertible evidence, has the virtue of establishing that in November 2019 there was no “coup of State”, as ex-president and coca grower chief…
Imposition, instead of consensus – Imposición, en vez de consenso
Editorial, Página Siete: Although the government of Luis Arce is less strident than that of Evo Morales, both are very similar in the exercise of power. For example, if they do not have a two-thirds majority in the Legislative Assembly to elect high-ranking state officials, they issue decrees for their direct appointment. This mechanism was…
The return of narcopolitics | El retorno de la narcopolítica
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In the context of the internal struggle in the MAS, a strong dispute has begun that grows as the hours go by and exposes the alleged links between that party and drug trafficking. This internal political confrontation, whose contenders, within the government party, are the so-called “renovators,” who support President Luis Arce…
Dismissed for denouncing illegal gold exploitation | Destituida por denunciar explotación ilegal de oro
ANF, Página Siete: Santos Quispe dismisses the deputy governor who denounced illegal gold exploitation The former authority considered that her dismissal was due to her strong defense of natural reserves, in the face of mining depredation in the north of La Paz. “For denouncing illegal mining, they fired me,” said Genoveva Espinoza, who yesterday was…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 