Editorial, El Día: As unbelievable as it may seem, we’re going to miss you, Lucho. Not because your administration was good, or because your time in power left anything other than debt, shortages, inflation, and a fractured country. We’ll miss you because, when we hit rock bottom —the one you’ve dug with your own hands,…
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“Santa Rita is strategic; from there, the invaders want to take 70,000 hectares” | “Santa Rita es estratégico, a partir de ahí los avasalladores quieren tomar 70.000 hectáreas”
By Unitel: Denounces Anapo manager “It’s up to the Government to give clear signals that it will act with the full force of the law, and that starts with arresting the ringleaders,” said Jaime Hernández, manager of the Oilseed and Wheat Producers Association (Anapo) [Photo: UNITEL] / Jaime Hernández, general manager of the Oilseed and…
Producers question the Government’s decision to import genetically modified corn instead of approving biotechnology | Productores cuestionan que el Gobierno opte por importar maíz transgénico y no dé curso a la biotecnología
By Unitel, Eju.tv: The productive sector is awaiting proposals from presidential candidates, and the president of the poultry farmers’ association called it “grotesque” that the Government blocks the use of biotechnology while importing something that could be produced in Bolivia. The national productive sector criticizes the Government’s policy of importing genetically modified corn instead of…
The Cynicism in MAS | El cinismo en el MAS
By Carlos Toranzo, Brújula Digital: Evo Morales blocked the country’s roads. What did he want? According to him: the enforcement of the Constitution, a clean and independent judiciary, no judicial coup, that the government not use the justice system as a political weapon against the opposition, and that there be rule of law. It takes…
They’re leaving | Se van
By Sayuri Loza, Brújula Digital: The latest polls published by various media outlets show a low voting intention for the offspring of the once-hegemonic MAS. Some voices, naively triumphant, proclaim that the runoff will be between Tuto and Samuel, leaving the “left” behind. I don’t want to be that optimistic. My dance teacher (who has…
“Masismo” destroyed judicial independence | “Masismo” destruyó la independencia judicial
By El Diario: Legislators affirm: The case involving the alleged judicial consortium, which implicates former Minister César Siles along with several judges and magistrates, is a consequence of the institutional destruction caused by the governments of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), a party that used the justice system to benefit some and politically persecute others,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 