By Ronald MacLean Abaroa, El Dia: More than a single candidate, we need an integrated candidacy …the winner does NOT take all Recent polls by businessman Marcelo Claure show a strong preference among Bolivians for a single opposition candidate selected through open primaries. However, this demand has not resonated with the main presidential hopefuls gathered…
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With tilin, shady contracts emerge as corruption booms! | ¡Con tilín surgen contratos turbios mientras la corrupción crece!
By Erbol: IN THE IMPERIAL CITY Potosinos mobilize in defense of lithium and question the contracts There were two marches, one by Comcipo and another by UATF. Photos: Al Punto Noticias and Potosí Digital. Different entities in Potosí held protest marches this Monday in defense of the department’s lithium reserves. This comes amid controversy over…
Multisectoral Strike With Demonstrations Nationwide | Paro multisectorial con movilizaciones en todo el país
By Ernesto Estremadoiro Flores, El Deber: Mobilization Multisectoral Strike to Proceed Without Blockades but With Demonstrations Nationwide Different Sectors to Take to the Streets but Assure They Won’t Disrupt the Public / Photo: ED Retail vendors, industrialists, and productive sectors across the country unite in opposition to the seventh provision of Financial Law 1613. The protest…
MAS has turned Bolivia into “a pariah state” | El MAS convirtió a Bolivia en “un Estado paria”
By Brujula Digital: According to a U.S. congressman, MAS has turned Bolivia into “a pariah state” Carlos Antonio Giménez criticized Evo Morales’ government and its impact on the Bolivian economy U.S. Congressman Carlos Antonio Giménez, who represents Florida’s 26th congressional district, stated that the Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) has turned Bolivia into “a pariah state…
They repeat mistakes that create instability in food supply | Repiten errores que generan inestabilidad en el abastecimiento de alimentos
By El Diario: At a time when we are requesting better conditions, certainty, and legal security to increase productivity and thus ensure greater food security for the population, jobs, and foreign exchange, the government responds with more prohibitions. This measure will cause instability in the supply of products, according to a statement from the Cámara…
The electoral farce of Evo Morales and Luis Arce | La farsa electoral de Evo Morales y Luis Arce
By Gabriela Moreno, El Dia: Suspicions of an agreement between Evo Morales and Luis Arce are not unfounded, considering that Chavismo applied a similar strategy in Venezuela in 2000. Back then, Hugo Chávez and Francisco Arias Cárdenas feigned rivalry to monopolize the political spectrum and prevent the rise of a strong opposition candidate. Now, in…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 