By Beatriz Cahuasa, Visión 360: Today more than ever, we need a critical citizenry that asks itself: do we want a State that supports our development, or one that keeps us dependent? The results of Bolivia’s most recent presidential elections should not surprise us. Campaign promises catered to what the electorate wanted to hear: the…
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Camacho and Pumari reveal they were pressured in prison to implicate others and knew beforehand they would be arrested | Camacho y Pumari revelan que fueron presionados en la cárcel para implicar a otros y que sabían que serían detenidos
By Baldwin Montero, Visión 360: Both said they were warned in advance that they would be imprisoned, but chose not to flee. Camacho said he received nine proposals from a former minister of the current government. Marco Pumari and Fernando Camacho after being released from prison to defend themselves in freedom. In their first interviews…
The Parable of the Evil Harvester | La parábola del mal Cosechador
By Francesco Zaratti: The Harvester went out to harvest a large field that he had inherited without having sown or tended it. The countryside produced crops of all kinds for twenty years, which its loyal “modeler”, the Cashier, sold to the bordering villages at exceptional prices, thanks to the good links that the previous owner…
“Economic Corpse” Warning | La advertencia del “cadáver económico”
By Eju.tv: Economist Chávez warns that the government is leaving behind an “economic corpse” and wants to dress it up before leaving Chávez criticized the government’s “economic makeup,” aimed at portraying stability. “Several things are happening now in order to dress up the collapsing economic house and present it as if it were fine before…
Nothing to propose, nothing for the future. Just the pleasure of attacking, dividing, setting fires | Nada de propuestas, nada de futuro. Solo el goce de atacar, de dividir, de incendiar
Editorial, El Dia: Silence means consent Edman Lara holds nothing back. One day he claims he stands above Rodrigo Paz and that he should have been the presidential candidate. The next, he boasts of making Paz win, while lashing out at the private sector and promising to raise the Renta Dignidad to 2,000 bolivianos—something that…
Bolivia gira a la derecha, pero su legado socialista persistirá | Bolivia shifts to the right, but its socialist legacy will linger
Por Christopher Sabatini, Chatham House: Los votantes bolivianos pusieron fin a dos décadas de dominio izquierdista. Sin embargo, la herencia del expresidente Evo Morales y de su base organizada seguirá proyectando una larga sombra. Imagen — Una mujer junto a un kiosco con portadas sobre las elecciones presidenciales en La Paz, el 18 de agosto…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 