By El Diario: Agreement Lifts Yungas Road Blockade COB Strike Rejected as Bolivia Demands Stability The call by the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB) for an indefinite nationwide general strike with mobilizations was rejected by strategic sectors across the country. Truckers, informal merchants, civic platforms, and the Pro Santa Cruz Committee all publicly refused to join…
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Bolivia Held Hostage by Blockades | Bolivia rehén de los bloqueos
By Diego Ayo, Brujula Digital: Why Do the COB and Other Actors Keep Blockading? The media speaks of social actors on the move—miners, peasants, teachers, COB leaders—with the same revolutionary tone heard at the beginning of the millennium. It would seem we are talking about the same actors. They are not. Those earlier marchers moved with an…
Saving Bolivia Before Collapse | Salvar a Bolivia Antes del Colapso
Editorial, El Dia: There Is a Need to Save the Country Bolivia is on the brink, and the worst part is that it continues moving toward the abyss. This is neither rhetoric nor catastrophism: it is a diagnosis confirmed by the numbers, the conflicts, and recent history. The current government inherited a country in ruins—hollowed…
Structural Reform or More Delay? | ¿Reforma estructural o más demora?
By Juan Marcelo Gonzáles, Red Uno: Dunn: “Bolivia needs structural reforms, not just dialogue” Analyst Jaime Dunn commented on President Rodrigo Paz’s message, stressing that dialogue must be a means for making decisions, not a mechanism for postponing the urgent reforms the country needs. Photo: Jaime Dunn, analyst Analyst Jaime Dunn carried out an analysis of President Rodrigo…
CHIPPED APART | ASTILLADOS
By Oscar Antezana: The conclusion of the gubernatorial elections, in which ruling-party leaders won in two of the country’s nine governorships, in some way reflects the discontent after six months of Paz Pereira’s administration. The delayed reforms that have been announced for months also create discouragement. Or the fact that commitments are signed with international organizations…
Anti-Blockade Law, a Must | Ley antibloqueos, una necesidad
By Unitel: The Eastern Transport Chamber asks the Government for an anti-blockade law The Eastern Transport Chamber is asking the central government for an anti-blockade law in light of the multimillion-dollar losses generated by this form of pressure [Reference image] / Road blockade on the Santa Cruz–Trinidad highway The president of the Eastern Transport Chamber,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 