By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: The Other Side of Chapare: 30,000 Families Export Bananas and Generate Foreign Currency Each bunch begins a journey that will end in international markets. In Chimoré, the banana harvest supports thousands of families. Photo: Juan Carlos Torrejón. While Bolivia’s Tropical Region (Chapare) continues to be associated with coca, thousands of…
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Chile and Brazil Rule Out Drug-Impregnated Timber; Bolivia to Seek Compensation for Damages | Descartan en Chile y Brasil droga impregnada en madera; Bolivia pedirá resarcimiento por daños
By Carlos Corz, Vision 360; Laboratory tests in Chile and Brazil have ruled out the presence of drugs in Bolivian timber exports that had been seized following allegations of narcotics contamination. In June, Chilean authorities confiscated timber shipments, claiming they contained more than 100 tons of drug-infregnated material. The wood was seized because it was…
Agreement or Capitulation? | ¿Acuerdo o capitulación?
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: When Rodrigo Paz came to power, the COB, the social movements, and the “moral reserve” of society were in ruins, carrying on their shoulders the stigma of corruption and the collapse of values. By repealing Supreme Decree 5503, the government reinvented the COB; it brought a dead organization back to…
Democracy vs Narco-Terrorism | Democracia vs Narcoterrorismo
By Antonio Saravia, Vision 360: The Battle of Good Against Evil The government of Rodrigo Paz is probably the worst option we could have chosen after MAS. Rodrigo Paz has more than proven himself to be the worst president we could have elected after MAS. He never had the capacity to carry out the deep…
The Opportunistic Silence of Evo Morales | El silencio oportunista de Evo Morales
By Raúl Peñaranda, Brújula Digital: After weeks of encouraging protests and demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, Evo Morales avoided making any public statement this Saturday as the road blockades began to collapse and the Government regained political momentum. Evo Morales en el Chapare/EFE Former President Evo Morales, one of the leaders who most…
What does the State of Exception mean in Bolivia? | ¿Qué significa el estado de excepción en Bolivia?
By El Deber: What can and cannot be done? This Saturday, June 20, President Rodrigo Paz declared a State of Exception throughout the country. The measure comes after 51 days of social unrest and 46 days of road blockades. At 1:30 a.m. this Saturday, the Government declared a State of Exception across the entire national…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 