Renzo Abruzzese writes in Pagina Siete: Between power and death An unprecedented dilemma has put the political system in trouble, two irreducible principles are faced: the principle of opportunity and that of public health. In the first, the political conditions that would eventually lead to an electoral victory are prioritized, it is a question of…
Tag: Corona virus
Reflections from Bolivia
Ryandall Lim writes for Straits Times: Up in the cloudless sky, a million stars twinkled. I had traipsed across South America and capped my 40-day adventure in Bolivia. 2020 was off to a great start and I could not wait for the rest of it. But towards the end of my trip in February, posts…
Bolivia population, shame on you! – ¡Bolivianos, qué vergüenza!
Editorial from El Diario: A population that does not accept taking care of itself and being disciplined The presence of the coronavirus entails a series of difficulties not only for the authorities but for the very environments in which the evil is performed that does not shake in causing more victims because, even if there…
Constituent and federalism – Constituyente y federalismo
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Constituent and federalism The October-November revolution has not been understood by politicians. What the country wants is a real change, for example, a constituent that is a clean slate and a new account, starting with adopting federalism. This could have been achieved by announcing, on November 10, that open…
MAS: used Foreign Affairs as travel agency – usó Relaciones Exteriores como agencia de viajes
El Diario reports: Minister Oscar Ortiz MAS used the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a travel agency There are new priorities indicated by President Añez, which are working for health and job creation for Bolivians. The economic resources that have been reduced in recent times, due to the world crisis, must be made effective in…
‘A great sadness’: Bolivia strains under COVID-19 as cases top 10,000
Reporting by Daniel Ramos; Writing by Adam Jourdan; Editing by Bernadette Baum for WHTC: LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian authorities are doing door-to-door checks in regions with severe coronavirus outbreaks as it looks to stem the spread of COVID-19 infections which have risen above 10,000, even as the country eases quarantine measures that have hammered…
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