Editorial, El Diario: Struggle for Subnational Power and the Decline of MAS The 2026 subnational elections will be a complex and decisive scenario, as the recent shift in power at the national level and the internal divisions within the main political blocs create a landscape in which the power of mayorships and governorships will serve…
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MAS sets a political trap for the new government | El MAS tiende una trampa política al nuevo gobierno
By La Hora Pico, Eju.tv: MAS revives the two-thirds rule in the Chamber of Deputies: an exit shield and an early trap for the incoming government According to Coca, reinstating the two-thirds rule is part of a political strategy with an electoral goal aimed at the upcoming subnational elections. “MAS wants people to say, ‘We…
The jailer of MAS and the world of freedom | El carcelero del MAS y el mundo de libertad
By Diego Ayo, Brujula Digital: The most dramatic thing about masismo is not the corruption, the cynicism, the ineptitude; no, in truth, the most destructive thing about masismo is and has been the blocking of history. The most recognized leaders of this party, which governed for almost two decades, are not only ideologues of 21st-century…
Five deaths the government can’t explain | Cinco muertes incómodas para el poder
By Paulo Lizárraga, Vision 360: With the death of Judge Lea Plaza, there are now five “key deaths” in controversial cases connected to the government of Luis Arce With the death of the former judge of Coroico is added the “key witness” of the ABC case, Felipe Sandy; the former intervener of Banco Fassil, Juan…
A government on life support | Un gobierno con marcapasos
By Fernando Chávez, Vision 360: Foreign press: Rodrigo Paz, at the head of a Government born with a “pacemaker” and no resources An analyst foresees the birth of an administration with deep weaknesses — “more like a short-lived transitional government.” Rodrigo Paz with Edman Lara in the first press conference after the electoral victory. Photo:…
The Indigenist Imposture Collapsed | Se derrumbó la impostura indigenista
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: The MAS’s discourse, prior to the 2005 elections, had nothing indigenist about it — nor did its organic intellectuals. The left-wing NGOs, which were practically all of them, pushed a revolutionary nationalist program, anti-U.S. imperialism, anti-private enterprise, defending nationalizations of natural resources, promoting a state-run economy, betting on corporatist-style social…
