Editorial, El Dia: Bolivia is going through one of the deepest crises in its republican history. This is not an ordinary political crisis, the kind the country has managed to resolve through pacts, negotiations, and a measure of pragmatism. What is happening now is qualitatively different: it is the organized, violent, and desperate resistance of…
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Dialog or Collapse | Dialogar o hundirse
By Unitel: Church, Ombudsman’s Office, and Human Rights Assembly urge Government and protesters to confirm dialogue to set a date and time The three institutions are calling for a “Dialogue for the Common Good” between the Government and the protesting sectors. This Monday, acts of destruction and looting were reported in La Paz. [Photo: APG]…
Bolivia Under Siege: The Country Cannot Remain Hostage to Violent Mafias | Bolivia Bajo Asedio: El País No Puede Seguir Secuestrado por Mafias Violentas
Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: Since May 1st, Bolivia has faced an escalating wave of blockades, violent confrontations, attacks on police, assaults against journalists, shortages of fuel and food, and the paralysis of highways across multiple departments. What began as sector protests has evolved into a nationwide campaign of pressure designed to destabilize the country through fear,…
Change or Collapse | Cambio o Colapso
By Brújula Digital: Ronald MacLean Recommends Renewing the Cabinet to Advance the Change of Model The former minister revived a controversial phrase attributed to Paz Estenssoro: “Hopefully people like you, even better if they respect you. But if they neither like nor respect you as a government, then they must fear you.” Ronald MacLean on…
Police Clash With Road Blockers | Choques Entre Policías y Bloqueadores
By Lourdes Molina, El Deber: Police and protesters resisting the operation reported clashing The “Humanitarian Corridor” operation began in the early hours of Saturday morning and was still ongoing around 8:30 a.m. At least 13 people are known to have been arrested. Although police and military forces cleared several access roads to the cities of…
Bolivia: No Puede Gobernarse Mediante la Política del Asedio | Cannot Govern Itself Through Siege Politics
Editorial, Pensamientos Bolivianos: La Constitución boliviana no establece un “veto callejero” sobre gobiernos elegidos democráticamente. Establece una república democrática regida por elecciones, sucesión constitucional, separación de poderes y procedimientos institucionales. Esa diferencia importa hoy, cuando sectores de la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) y organizaciones aliadas llaman abiertamente a la renuncia del presidente Rodrigo Paz apenas…
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