By Sumando Voces, Brújula Digital: Reports indicate the roads were opened without authorization, without environmental licenses, and on non-available public lands. One of the roads opened in the protected area. Photo: Sumando Voces Carrasco National Park (located in the tropics of Cochabamba) is the protected area with the highest presence of coca plantations among all…
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Bolivia: needs trust | necesita confianza
Editorial, El Dia: The Bolivian economy is going through one of its worst confidence crises in decades. It’s not just a matter of numbers, theories, and speeches. It’s a reality that can be felt on the street, in the inflation that eats away at salaries, in the fuel shortages and, above all, in the brutal…
President Arce, begin the transition | Presidente Arce, inicie la transición
By Edwin Cacho Herrera, Brujula Digital: Things couldn’t be worse for the government of Luis Arce Catacora just days before the MAS-IPSP registers its ticket and other candidacies. On top of the grim facets of the multidimensional crisis, there is now a widespread sense of panic at all levels of the Executive, which further paralyzes…
García Linera, Andrónico and the Renewal in the Chapare | García Linera, Andrónico y la renovación en el Chapare
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: Twenty years ago, several sectors of the country’s middle class looked very favorably on Álvaro García Linera. They said he was a young man who represented the renewal of politics, a man full of ideas. NGO officials were in love with him, as were many international aid workers, especially…
When Gold Is Worth More Than Life: The Criminal Spiral of Illegal Mining in Bolivia | Cuando el oro vale más que la vida: la espiral criminal de la minería ilegal en Bolivia
By ANA Bolivia: “No effective control halts the flow of the mineral that enriches mafia networks while displacing communities, corrupting authorities, and replacing state power with de facto structures,” says Jaime Cuellar. La Paz, May 11 (ANA).- Bolivia is on the verge of a silent territorial takeover, fueled not only by illegal gold but by…
History Doesn’t Repeat Itself | La historia no se repite
By Sayuri Loza, Brujula Digital: A few days ago, in light of the Bicentennial, I was invited to give talks about what Bolivia was like at its birth… we were born more or less as we are now, with our main product—silver—in marked decline, a phenomenon that had already been felt since the mid-18th century….
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 