By José Gabriel Espinoza, Brujula Digital: As expected, Luis Arce has linked the cycle of mobilizations that began this week to the political aspirations of Evo Morales. According to President Arce, the blockades and marches have a single objective: securing Morales’ candidacy for the 2025 presidential elections. First fact: Arce is willing to strengthen Morales’…
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Bolivia, Is it a Failed State? | Bolivia, ¿Es un Estado fallido?
By Carlos Dabdoub Arrien, Eju.tv: The Bolivian state has adopted various styles of government in the past hundred years. Some of them have been known as liberalism, nationalism, military dictatorship, neoliberalism, or populism. However, none of them have adequately resolved the country’s economic, political, social, and cultural situation, to the point where, nowadays, people speak…
The State is neither Evo nor Lucho | El Estado no es ni Evo ni Lucho
Editorial, El Deber: “I am the State,” is the phrase attributed to Louis XIV, the absolutist king of France, when he imposed his power with a heavy hand against any rebellion attempt. Four hundred years later, another politician acts under the same logic: Evo Morales, who claims that marching to impose his own candidacy is…
The Bolivian Pontius Pilate and the seven plagues | El Poncio Pilatos boliviano y las siete plagas
By Napoleón Pacheco, Brújula Digital: On the night of Sunday, September 8, President Luis Arce presented himself as the Bolivian Pontius Pilate. Why? He claimed that the reason for the dollar shortage, one of the symptoms of the crisis, was Evo Morales, as he “did not take care” of the “nationalization” since there was no…
An environmental pause is not enough to stop ecocide | Una pausa ambiental no basta para frenar ecocidio
El Diario: They describe it as a deceptive measure The policies of Evo Morales’ government, continued by Luis Arce, amount to ecocide, biocide, and even environmental genocide, as the fires not only reduced millions of hectares of forest to ashes, but also had a catastrophic impact on indigenous and rural communities, according to lawyer Franz…
Rising inflation | Inflación en aumento
By Aldo Aguilera, El Dia: Bolivia has the third-highest inflation in the region, only behind Argentina and Venezuela Inflation in August was 1.58%, and the 12-month rate is 5.19%, according to the state-run National Institute of Statistics. The issue of inflation, which went unnoticed during the first three years of Luis Arce’s administration and was…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 