Editorial, El Diario: Bolivia breaks another record with cocaine In recent times the Government has been boasting of achieving a series of economic records, to the satisfaction of observers of the country’s economy. Among them, the records of future industrialization, the increase in exports, the lowest inflation in South America and many others were noted….
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Is Evo Morales against the country? | ¿Está Evo Morales contra el país?
Editorial, El Deber: In the complex political landscape of Bolivia, the figure of former president Evo Morales has become a prominent protagonist and opponent, since his former Minister of Economy Luis Arce assumed the Presidency. The recent decision of the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) to annul the indefinite presidential re-election has marked a milestone, leaving…
The perfect coexistence of power and drug trafficking | La coexistencia perfecta del poder y el narcotráfico
Carlos Valverde, El Deber: Things by their name; afterwards is too late “Today we entered a place in the Tropics of Cochabamba where the anti-narcotics police forces could not carry out their work for more than 16 years!” wrote the Min. Gov. in his social networks. He forgot the detail that he could have shown…
Bolivian economy will be the only one in crisis in South America | Economía boliviana será la única en crisis en Sudamérica
El Diario: International organizations observe a complex picture of the Bolivian economy, with the reduction of reserves, a high country risk and low foreign investment. In this framework, economists maintain that Bolivia will be among the economies in crisis in South America, if its model does not change. The economist and former authority of the…
Human Rights Watch says it found no evidence against Camacho for terrorism and that the accusation against Áñez is “unfounded” | Human Rights Watch dice que no halló pruebas contra Camacho por terrorismo y que la acusación contra Áñez es “infundada”
Edwin Condori, El Deber: Furthermore, Human Rights Watch states that “Arce has not kept his promise to reform the Justice Department to guarantee its independence from politics.” In a report, Human Rights Watch assured that it reviewed the documents of the arrest of the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, and that “it found…
Masismo (MAS) = Drug trafficking in a failed state | Narcotráfico en un estado fallido
Yolanda Mamani Cayo, El Deber: They see 6 weaknesses that make Bolivia “fertile territory” for a crisis like that of Ecuador Drug trafficking activity is identified as the main point and around which other crimes are unleashed and have penetrated the spheres of power, according to the analysis of experts. The Government denies it, but…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 