By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: I believe that we Bolivians, especially those from the western region, are closer to pessimism than optimism. However, both in the east and among the Collas, we share skepticism about politics and what politicians do. The conduct of most of them, for decades, has led Bolivians to distrust their…
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Forsaken | Entregados
Editorial, El Dia: An outsider looking at Bolivia’s geopolitical makeup would find it unbelievable. The most populous department in the country, the strongest economically, the one that contributes the most in taxes, responsible for a third of the national GDP, producing 70% of the country’s food, the most industrialized, the top exporter, the melting pot…
National strike on Feb 10, to repeal the seventh provision on seizures in the Financial Law | Paro nacional el 10 de feb, para derogar la disposición séptima sobre decomisos de la Ley Financial
By Unitel, Eju.tv: Economic sectors confirm 24-hour national strike on February 10 in rejection of seizure provision The decision was made this Thursday after a national meeting in Sucre, in rejection of the transitional provision of the Financial Law, demanding its repeal. Shortly after noon this Thursday, economic sectors confirmed that on February 10 they…
evo: was never examined by Munguía | jamás fue revisado por Munguía
By ATB, Eju.tv: Doctor denies having signed the certificate circulating on social media, attributed to Morales’ defense Herland Munguía Poma stated that the certification circulating on social networks bears his name, registration number, and even his seal, but he neither attended to nor knows the former MAS leader in person. Herland Humberto Munguía Poma, a…
Irrecoverable Losses Due to Roadblocks | Pérdidas sin recuperación por bloqueos de caminos
Editorial, El Diario: One of the most detrimental events of the past year was the roadblocks, organized whenever a social sector wanted to express its dissatisfaction with the government’s lack of attention to their demands, usually driven by sectoral or partisan interests rather than for the benefit of the entire population. Such was the case…
Not arrested because he is feared | No lo apresan porque le tienen miedo
By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, Eju.tv: The great independent ayllu of Chapare If the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, had refused to respond to a judicial summons for any trivial accusation against him, he would have been declared defiant and contemptuous of the law. The Bolivian Police, Armed Forces, and MAS militias residing in…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 