Frances Martel reports for Breitbart: Shopkeepers at a plaza in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, attacked a team of journalists and kidnapped them on Monday, threatening not to let them out if they did not delete footage of the shopkeepers violating a coronavirus quarantine. Bolivia, like many other countries, has imposed a 14-day lockdown to prevent the spread of…
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Coronavirus: British couple stranded in Bolivia say they have been ‘abandoned’ by UK government
Colin Drury reports for the Independent: Pair’s dream gap year trip turns to nightmare as pandemic leaves them trapped in country on brink of violence For three nights now, Harry Guy-Walters and Molly Holmes have lain in bed in an Airbnb in the Bolivian city of La Paz and listened as riots take place outside. “It’s pretty terrifying,” he says….
Bolivia speeds up its long goodbyes to keep down coronavirus
Monica Machicao reports for Reuters via National Post: LA PAZ — “Visits are suspended until further notice,” says a sign on the gate to a Bolivian cemetery, the latest measure in the country’s battle to contain coronavirus. It is a move that will cause further pain for a people used to wakes attended by large…
War: unity, resilience and creativity – Guerra: unidad, resiliencia y creatividad
Gonzalo Chavez writes in Pagina Siete: War: unity, resilience and creativity A major economic crisis is looming. Black clouds loaded with rays of instability are approaching from the external front. The coronavirus stops the national and world economy in its tracks. The forecast: sharp slowdown in the Bolivian economy and even recession. In domestic politics,…
Bolivia announces total quarantine from March 22 to combat virus
AFP reports for Rappler: Bolivia has 19 coronavirus cases so far, fewer than its neighbors Brazil and Cuba LA PAZ, Bolivia – Bolivia’s government on Saturday, March 21, announced a complete quarantine to come into effect from Sunday, March 22 in a bid to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. “It’s a tough but necessary…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 