By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, El Diario: Of course, I’m not the one to save the upcoming elections. In fact, I’ve never been a real politician—the kind who doesn’t sleep because of meetings, who sits for ten hours listening to comrades say the same things with some minor variation. I used to admire Banzer’s patience while…
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Tuto, Samuel, Manfred: Betting on a failed strategy in search of the “golden ticket” to power | Apuestan a una estrategia fallida en busca del “boleto de oro” al poder
By Erbol: AT A DISADVANTAGE AGAINST MAS Analyst: Tuto, Samuel, and Manfred are betting on a failed strategy in search of the “golden ticket” to power Tuto, Samuel, and Manfred, opposition candidates. Photos/taken from the internet Former Conade leader and political analyst Manuel Morales warned that Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, Samuel Doria Medina, and Manfred Reyes…
Demetrio Pérez: The Government Has No Agricultural Development Policy | Demetrio Pérez: El Gobierno no tiene una política de desarrollo agropecuario
By Omar Pereyra, El Mundo; Eju.tv: Demetrio Pérez, leader of the small-scale agricultural producers in Santa Cruz, strongly criticized the Government for lacking a clear agricultural policy. He pointed out that improvised measures are being adopted that harm both the environment and producers, such as promoting crops in unsuitable areas like the Amazon. Last week,…
The Day Bolivia Got Screwed | El día que se jodió Bolivia
By Juan Jose Toro, Vision 360: Why did Bolivia get screwed with this episode? Because the project Sucre had begun to carry out was abruptly interrupted. It was Mario Vargas Llosa who asked, through a novel, “When did Peru get screwed?” The question had such an impact that we Latin Americans immediately copied it, only…
The Mutual Annulment of the Opposition | La anulación mutua de la oposición
By Guido Añez Moscoso, Eju.tv: Last night, I took part in El Búnker as a guest invited by Virginio Lema. Believe me, I left deeply worried about the political situation. While these are not scientific polls with technical specifications, regional vote weighting, or statistical data that reflect the real state of the electorate, the reaction of the…
Elections in August? | ¿Elecciones en agosto?
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: To approve the most recent Constitution, Evo Morales agreed that he would not be a candidate in the next presidential election; this is written in a transitional article of that Magna Carta. He did not keep his word. During his presidency, the legal hectares of coca cultivation almost doubled,…
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