Editorial, Los Tiempos: The Government of Luis Arce is going through perhaps the most critical trance of his two years and four months in office. The teachers’ protests, which are announcing that they are getting worse, the roadblocks in three departments, which do not seem close to an end, and the political pressures that it…
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It’s the economy, it’s not politics – Es la economía, no es la política
Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia is going through moments of uncertainty due to the economic situation. The slow and forceful fall of the Net International Reserves (NIR), together with the lack of transparency in the information provided by the Government, left a climate of fear and doubts among the citizens, in addition to affecting imports and…
A poor man or a sad little man? | ¿Un hombre pobre o un pobre hombre?
Editorial, Página Siete: In his failed attempt to appear like a poor man, former President Evo Morales ends up playing the role of a sad little man. Accustomed as he is to victimizing himself, he says that he has no money, that he is screwed and that he survives on his ex-president’s diet. The point…
The atrocity of mercury in mining – La atrocidad del mercurio en la minería
Mongabay: Struggles loom as Bolivia prepares new plan to clean up its mercury problem by Maxwell Radwin on 9 March 2023 Bolivia’s failure to combat illegal gold mining generated a heated national debate last year. Numerous news sites published investigations into deforestation, pollution and corruption tied to the mining industry, while leading officials in congress and the UN made public…
Central government denies reality – Gobierno central niega la realidad
Editorial, El Deber: Clean up the economy Time passes and cycles run out. The worst thing is to cling to what was without accepting that reality is now different. Eleven years ago, in 2014, the Bolivian economy was buoyant, revenues from gas exports poured in non-stop, and government spokesmen claimed that the economic model was…
United front to recapture our Bolivia | Frente unido para recuperar nuestra Bolivia
El Diario: Manuel Morales (Conade) There is optimism in Conade for the formation of a united front Noting that up to now no objections have been raised by political, civic and citizen organizations, at the national level, to be part of a single bloc that will face the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in upcoming electoral…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 