Relief web reports: In Numbers USD 11.7 m total requirements USD 2.4 m six months net funding requirements Operational Updates • In the context of the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus, on 23 March the Bolivian Government decided to decree a total national lockdown and complete closure of borders. During April, all Bolivia CO…
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‘It really seemed like we were in a movie’: Bridge Year Bolivia, political tumult, and COVID-19
Elise Hogan reports for The Daily Princetonian: A year ago, the world seemed to be waiting for Mia Beams ’24, Chiara Vilna-Santos ’24, and Lauren “Flo” Fahlberg ’24. Tired of traditional education, the three freshly minted high school graduates resolved to spend a year learning outside the classroom, and the University’s Novogratz Bridge Year Program…
The contribution of MAS – El aporte del MAS
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: The contribution of MAS Since the coca grower Morales left the country, in a hurry, losing his underpants, it has been possible to appreciate the contribution his political party can make to the country. It has stopped concessional credits (very convenient) that the country could receive to attend to…
Una vergüenza llamada Salvador Romero
Para que no queden dudas, esto fue lo que dijo: Y esto es lo que pasará: Mientras el innombrable … sigue imperturbable en su intención de volver a tomar el poder … Hasta obtienen fondos públicos, desde Entel financiando su radio/terrorista causachum-coca … tambien reciben fondos, ¡¿después de haber cometido fraude?! Y de seguir con…
It was fraud, dammit! – ¡Fue fraude, carajo!
Juan Jose Toro writes in El Deber: It was fraud, dammit! The Death Eaters, those who long, announce and prepare for the return of the Dark Lord, have returned to the fray with the matter concluded, rushed and sacramented by electoral fraud. “There was no fraud,” they point out, and their main argument is “a…
Fear and dying in pandemic-enveloped Bolivia
Milan Sime Martoinic writes in The Week: Bolivia is bewildered about the concept of being held hostage by an invisible enemy Parallel universes of fear and death play out life on tracks where others live out quarantine in comfort and safety. In between, others are trapped between a virtual devastation and an uncertain hope. Nowhere…
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