Renzo Abruzzese writes in El Deber: Justice or ‘the boomerang syndrome’ President Evo Morales has publicly stated that reforming the judiciary did not produce the results expected and nothing helped bring professionals with skirt [pollera is a typical clothing for the indigenous highlands and valleys women] and hat, with reference to their ethnic composition. The…
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Bolivia under water: Why no national disaster declared amid floods?
Sara Shahriari writes for Bolivia under water: Why no national disaster declared amid floods? The Bolivian government says its massive aid operation, which includes food and tents, is well underway, but not everyone is satisfied with the response. LA PAZ, BOLIVIA Bolivia is suffering from weeks of heavy rains that are causing rivers to swell, homes…
Why is that the Bolivian current president does not take responsibility?!
Monica Briancon writes in Los Tiempos: Guilty … Me? “I am not guilty , for having left forgotten, for not having made love,” were, as I recall, the first few words of a song performed by José Luis Rodríguez, El Puma, about three decades ago. The ditty goes buzzing in my head, like a musical…
What happened with the Bolivian FISCAL PACT?!
Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: Excuses there are Indeed , the Government has taken on the task of making excuses for not starting a process of rapprochement with departments, municipalities and universities to agree on the methodology for implementing the fiscal pact. First, Don Alvaro [current VP] came to say that the fiscal pact…
How to generate employment and economic value for Bolivia!
Alberto Bonadona writes in Pagina Siete: Between what is said and what you want to hear Last week I witnessed an excellent exhibition by Enrique Velazco in the Central Bank, in which he addressed a group mostly composed of economists. The clarity with which exposed the data and the explanation made by were, as always,…
Bolivian gov’s demagogue, not nationalization but purchase!
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: Nationalization or purchase? That of recovering the companies for the people is becoming for us, a very expensive activity, and each May 1st or such emblematic date of the MAS, we must tremble because the usual ‘nationalization’, which are not another thing that purchases of foreign companies, which becomes…
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